Mr. Schmemann is a member of the editorial board. On Dec. 25, 1991, at 7:32 p.m., the Soviet flag came down over the Kremlin, and the pre-revolutionary Russian flag of white, blue and red ...

On April 8, 1918, while speaking at a meeting of the Bolshevik faction of the All-Union Central Executive committee, ... 1924, the new design for the Soviet red flag was established, ...

“Something similar happened in the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s,” wrote Peter Pomerantsev in the Atlantic. “The system seized up as people gave up on it, leading to elites changing course.

Though the Soviet Union is known in the U.S. for its harsh authoritarian regime, human rights violations, and poor economic conditions, there is a wave of nostalgia among many Russians for the ...

Some places are very strict when it comes to the power of music, and they are quick to ban anything that they think could ...

To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.

"I would say that very few people in Russia really want to restore the Soviet Union," he said. Cars fly tsarist, Soviet, and Russian flags in Syevyerodonetsk, in Ukraine's Luhansk region in May 2023.

Confidently rolling toward Ukrainian lines in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast in up-armored vehicles brazenly flying the flag of the defunct Soviet Union, an assault group from the Russian 155th ...

Now, the Norwegian flag is removed and replaced with a much larger Soviet flag. The Soviet Union bought Pyramiden in 1927 from the Swedes. Although not stated publicly, Kremlin’s main idea with ...

Russian officers with Soviet and Russian flags during the Victory Day Parade at Red Square on May 9, 2022 in Moscow, Russia. Guests on the Russia state TV discussed the Soviet Union's achievements ...

The flags were gone, and so was the Soviet Union. Friction from 1991 until today If this was just a history story, we could note the 30th anniversary of the Soviet collapse this weekend and stop ...