In the history of space exploration, the Soviet Union achieved some remarkable feats, one of which was landing a spacecraft on Venus,something that seemed impossible given the harsh conditions of ...

The Soviet Union really was a very racist society, so there would not have been a place for him as an actor in Soviet cinema.” Advertisement Mr. Patterson was born in the Russian capital on July ...

Tensions ran high at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the morning of April 12, 1961, as the Soviet Union prepared to launch the first human into space. Of the 16 previous attempts to propel the U.S.S.R ...

Melita Norwood was the KGB's longest-serving female agent in Britain, until being exposed in 1992 by legendary defector Vasili Mitrokhin ...

Russia is advancing around Kostyantynivka and in the Sumy region with small, fast-moving units as both sides try a new tactic of using motorcycles and civilian cars to quickly cross open terrain.

Little kids wearing military uniform of Soviet army shoot from toy guns in trench on spring day slow motion. World war II historical restoration game Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use ...

Tragic story of Soviet cosmonaut who made chilling comment as he fell from space Vladimir Komarov was the sole cosmonaut on the Soyuz 1 mission in 1967. Anish Vij.

MILAN (AP) — Simon Cracker’s collection for next summer is an expression of exasperation with a world of uninformed “experts,” and as an antidote the Italian upcycled brand has distilled ...

Objectives: To quantify the contribution the tobacco industry has made to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the former Soviet Union (FSU) as an indicator of its political and economic leverage; to ...

Despite his efforts to bring a peaceful end to the Cold War and restructure the Soviet Union on more liberal terms, his own people disdained him, holding him responsible for the collapse of the USSR.