Between 1942 and 1945, South African charities such as the Medical Aid for Russia and the Friends of the Soviet Union, raised about £1m (approximately R1.2 billion today) to purchase and donate ...

The essays in Polish Jews in the Soviet Union, 1939-1959 recount these tumultuous events with clarity, though several are as dry as dust and tend to be repetitive. About the Author Sheldon ...

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, in November 1989. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko) If this man is still ...

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 ...

Red flags are often easy to spot on a first date. For example, it’s a total red flag if your match shows up 30 minutes late, makes a rude remark to the server, trash-talks their ex, or stares at ...

On Dec. 17, 2024, a post on X showed a photo, purportedly from 1985, that listed Western musical acts allegedly banned in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The circulated list — which ...

On Dec. 17, 2024, a post on X showed a photo, purportedly from 1985, that listed Western musical acts allegedly banned in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The circulated list ...

This passage has been excerpted from Y2K, Colette Shade’s debut collection of essays about pop culture and politics between the years 1997 and 2008.It’s out on January 7, 2025. You can find it ...

Solzhenitsyn’s troubles with Soviet authorities began in 1945. He was a member of the Soviet Army at the time, stationed in East Prussia as World War II drew to a close.

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 ...