What do the Village People and KISS have in common, apart from elaborate stage costumes? Both acts were allegedly banned from the USSR in the '80s.

An original investigation into the reading strategies and uses of books by Jews in the Soviet era. In an environment where Judaism had been all but destroyed, and a public Jewish presence routinely ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

A group of kids approach as we arrive on the main square of the legendary Soviet summer camp, Artek. Dressed in the same colorful uniform, they greet us with a chant, "Artekovtsi! Our beloved Artek!

cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Peter Gorin. NASA. The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War, a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts and ...

In recent years, the subject of Soviet modernist architecture has become a topic of enormous international interest in professional circles and for the general public. This growing interest is ...

Prague 1968: The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia Ivana ... Czech filmmaker Filip Remunda has revisited the events of that summer in a new documentary, Occupation 1968, that features films ...

For Soviet people living in occupied cities ... We were looking for shelter. We found a summer kitchen, made out of clay, that somehow survived the bombing, and stopped there.

The Soviet Union drowned in a surge of optimism ... offers a range of entertainment options that change with the seasons. In summer there’s outdoor dining, a dock for boats, and swimming ...

After the shock of Stalin’s death in 1953, a sense of hope enveloped the Soviet Union, bringing a desire for more civil liberties and an end to fear. Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the new ...