Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergej J. Netschajew (c) takes part in the burial of Soviet soldiers who died in the Second World ...

In a forest camp once used by both German and Soviet forces, relic hunters uncovered a striking mix of Red Army insignia, ...

During World War II, Allied ships sailed through the Arctic to deliver vital supplies to the Soviet Union. Facing German ...

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A stage adaptation of the Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War” gives Soviet women credit for their complex roles in World War II. By Laura Cappelle Reviewing from ...

WASHINGTON — Korean War veteran Royce Williams, who was involved in a secretive dogfight with seven Soviet fighter planes more than 70 years ago, will receive the Medal of Honor, the White House ...

Mikhail Gorbachev had been the leader of the Soviet Union for just 13 days when he was suddenly faced with an international crisis. On March 24, 1985, a Soviet sentry shot and killed U.S. Army Maj.

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways. “When I walk down the street ...