The Soviet Union built one of the most rapidly growing economies in history, but it also suffered one of the most dramatic collapses. From the 1920s to the 1980s, the USSR’s centrally planned economy ...

"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago and the subsequent imposition of tough economic sanctions, the ...

The Soviet Union fell as it no longer believed in itself ... “This crisis of meaning allowed chronic political, economic and social problems to suddenly become devastating.” ...

Reagan pointed to weakness in the Soviet economy — weakness that is mirrored ... observing that the Soviet Union was “not immune to … reality,” and adding, “Any system is inherently ...

The U.S. government has released classified files on President John F. Kennedys 1963 assassination. The documents include ...