On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R.

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A parade in Red Square, Moscow – a carefully choreographed display of Soviet power and unity that stood in contrast to the ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The day is September 1st, 1939, in the Soviet Union, and you're a middle-management engineer working at the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory in Ukraine. While a particular ...

When a mysterious crescent appeared over Moscow in 1967, alien enthusiasts were unaware they were actually tracking a 3-megaton weapon designed to bypass American radar.

The Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, which entered service in 1949, represented one of the most glaring episodes of intellectual property theft in aviation history. Although the Cold War ...

Soviet-style photocopier restrictions ultimately failed because they were intrusive and unwieldy, and people committed to evading them. Controls on 3D printers are destined to meet the same end. The ...

Galina’s story is not unique. Tens of thousands of elderly Jews across the former Soviet Union—many of them Holocaust survivors—are living in extreme poverty. According to the American Jewish Joint ...

From the collapse of the Berlin Wall to the most recent proclamations from Washington's foreign policy think tanks, a persistent illusion has shaped American strategic thinking: the belief that ...