Boat, a Soviet military watch powered by the Russian Cal. 2414 hand-winding movement, requires meticulous care and attention to detail. Manufactured in the 1980s, this timepiece was in rough condition ...

This prelude to our Eastern Front WWII series explores how Stalin reshaped the Soviet Union into a global military force.

Washington, DC “Every other country celebrates their victories, it’s about time America did too,” Donald Trump told a whooping, albeit smaller-than-anticipated crowd on the National Mall tonight.

Formed in 1945 by the victors of World War II, the main aim of the United Nations was to preserve international peace and security. The UN Charter provides for pacific settlement of disputes between ...

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

DENVER (AP) — A man who told investigators he was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people” when he threw Molotov ...

A red installation of the word “Victory” sits outside Yubileiny Palace of Culture with its facade decorated with a mosaic portrait of the Soviet Union founder Vladimir ... and we would have lost the ...

One of the starkest examples comes from the Soviet Union, when Joseph Stalin’s purges ... At the Nuremberg Trials after the war, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel testified that many generals ...

It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 into 15 separate ... Ukraine has been able marshal tremendous global support to isolate Russia economically and diplomatically ...

The Soviet Union’s all-embracing police system had ... The control is ruthless: when a group of high army officers, led by Marshal Tukhachevsky, tried to throw off Chekist control in 1937 ...

though Kuznetsov passed the blame to the navy's former political commissar and earned himself the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and Marshal of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin accused him of ...