"Everyone was equal," the kerchiefed babushka of Eli from Russia — a YouTuber who documents everyday life and regional culture across the Russian Federation — tells her granddaughter wistfully, ...

For most of us in the West, until the fall of the Berlin Wall “Russia” was synonymous with the Soviet Union. Among the 15 ...

The film explores the complexities of life in the Soviet Union during the post-Stalin era, highlighting the contrast between the technological advancements and the persistent influence of traditional ...

Fear became a tool of government for millions of ordinary people. From the Tsarist Okhrana to the Cheka, NKVD, and KGB, ...

Communication Director Andrew Hartwell peaks out from some Soviet era paintings including one where someone shot Lenin in the head and a Soviet farm girl at The Wende Museum in Culver City. (Photo by ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In a musty basement ...

A timeline of Stalin's life, the man that oversaw the war machine that helped defeat Nazism and who was the supreme ruler of ...

At a meeting in Soviet Russia's Krasnoyarsk territory in 1930, residents of Solona Village listened to state functionaries espousing what they claimed were the advantages of collective farms. No one ...

The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades. About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New ...

Some 200,000 Jewish refugees came to Germany after the fall of the USSR, and brought cultural traditions — like partying hard during Christmas. Thirty-three years ago, the Soviet Union collapsed, ...