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

Russia's war on Ukraine has deepened a divide between the former Soviet nation and Europe. Before the end of the Cold War, the Iron Curtain cut off the Soviet Union from the rest of Europe. Life there ...

On Friday, May 9, military parades and various festive events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over the Third Reich took place throughout Russia. The ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed ...

One of the many little-known facts about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is that some 25% of its territory lies north of the Arctic Circle. The Soviet Arctic (some of which is south of the ...

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 events that have been taking place in Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 had never before occurred in the same cumulative fashion in the continent’s history. First, led by the ...

Pay attention. This story’s 100% true. Little boy. Born in Russia. Parents, poor. Pointing at him when he was in third grade, the teacher said: “He’s a Jew. Mean, greedy, all the problems we have with ...

Russian nationalist Alexander Dugin argues Moscow must reject international law and use force to dominate former Soviet states, citing a Trump-driven shift in the global order and warning of ...