The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its allies, and the Soviet Union. A major faction was the Afghan Mujahideen - ...

Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was subsequently shocked into ...

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 ...

Born in Marc Chagall's hometown in Belarus, the Russian Jewish dancer Valery Panov, who made aliyah to Israel, has died at 87 ...

As the Ukraine conflict drags on and Russia nears completion of its nuclear modernization effort, experts ask: how many ...

Around 3 million ethnic Germans who emigrated from the former Soviet Union live in Germany today. Many have become prosperous ...

Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less complex and far cheaper to produce—but could ...

The 80th anniversary parade in Moscow was not only a depressing abuse of history, but also a way to show that Russia is far ...