From a Cold War nuclear programme to the modern race for rare earth magnets, this quiet Estonian city can’t escape ...

At an incredible seven miles deep, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is an impressive achievement of engineering and a small glimpse into our energy future.

Russia’s closed cities sound like a Soviet relic, but the transcript argues they survived the fall of communism and became ...

Iran is weaker now than the USSR was in 1985 as its economic lifelines are strangled. Could this be the end for Tehran's ...

For those Star Trek fans who may not know, USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev was fine, and he officially resigned from office ...

On 2 September 1991, the Congress of People’s Deputies voted for the dissolution of the Soviet Union, allowing its republics to opt for independence ...

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 26 - Deputy Premier, Foreign Minister and centre-right Forza Italia (FI) leader Antonio Tajani said ...

Originally produced eight decades ago, the impact of the IS-2 Heavy Tank still reverberates today. The formidable armored vehicle was vital to the Soviet Union during two of its most important ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died in Moscow, on Tuesday, at the age of ninety-one. In the last two decades of his life, he rarely granted interviews. So, in 2010, when he ...

More than 400 gold bars were on their way to the U.S. as payment for war materials when German ships sunk the HMS Edinburgh.