This bird is an enduring symbol of Soviet resistance—and perseverance—during the darkest days of what Russians refer to as ...

With a fundamentally different playing field today, the United States and its Western partners should adapt, if not adopt, ...

When the Indian prime minister visited the Soviet Union in 1985, he spent some time in smaller Soviet republics.

WASHINGTON – "See you in court." That was the one-sentence retort from a leading teachers union Wednesday following news that President Donald Trump planned to sign an executive order Thursday ...

Expect the unexpected. The Cold War empire of the Soviet Union took just four years to tumble into oblivion. And the entire Bronze Age civilisation of the Eastern Mediterranean went from thriving ...

Day after day the Russian hammer pounded, but the Finns did not give much though Russian sources reported that Soviet troops had ... of the bay a great Russian sickle swept again & again.

The Soviet Union was plunged into a power struggle among Stalin’s inner circle following the demise of the man who had led the USSR for nearly three decades. Khrushchev, emerging as a key player ...

Some may argue that it is the fault of female doctors for not running for these positions, but the real reason women avoid trade union politics is that these spaces are often unwelcoming. Women’s ...

Sofia Gubaidulina, who has died aged 93, believed that it was Soviet repression which made her so powerful and distinctive a composer, though it was only after the fall of Communism that she ...

Sofia Gubaidulina, 2021. She was part of a group of important composers in the Soviet Union, including Arvo Pärt, Alfred Schnittke and Edison Denisov, who found disfavor with the authorities but ...