After Belarus (slightly) updated its official crest, we had a look at some other former Soviet emblems, before and after independence. Uzbek S.S.R. All Soviet emblems were required to feature the ...

Zveroboy,” or “Beast Killer,” was one of the most terrifying weapons the Soviet Union unleashed during World War II. This ...

"I would say that very few people in Russia really want to restore the Soviet Union," he said. Cars fly tsarist, Soviet, and Russian flags in Syevyerodonetsk, in Ukraine's Luhansk region in May 2023.

A chronology of key events: 1917 April - Lenin and other revolutionaries return to Russia from Germany. Gone but not forgotten: Many Russians still fondly remember the Soviet Union and its symbols ...

The Object 279 is one of the most legendary and uniquely designed tanks in military history. Developed by the Soviet Union in ...

Lithuania's parliament has passed the toughest restrictions anywhere in the former Soviet Union on the public display of Soviet and Nazi symbols. It will now be an offence in the Baltic state to ...

KYIV, Ukraine — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer and sickle symbol Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era ...

Yuri Orlov, physicist who became a symbol of Soviet dissent, dies at 96. ... “The Soviet Union got what it wanted, and in exchange, it gave lip service” to human rights.

But when the 68-year reign of the Soviet Union ended officially in 1991, ... they have turned the AK-74–this symbol of Russian military hegemony–into a symbol of resistance.

Across the Former Soviet Union Moscow Rabbi, a Symbol of Resistance, Seeks Fusion Between Past and P. September 10, 2004. See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date Advertisement.