On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s orbit: not a human, ...

December 30th has witnessed a plethora of significant events throughout history, shaping the world in various ways. One of ...

U.S. awards were awarded to not only major Soviet military leaders and famous ace pilots, but also to ordinary privates, ...

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials ...

INDIANAPOLIS — By April 1979, Georgi Vins had spent eight years in a Soviet Union labor prison in Yakutsk, Siberia. Days ...

When you think ‘Tank Man’ the first image that comes to mind is that of the unknown solitary protester at Beijing’s Tiananmen ...

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

Nicole Hemmer, for one, has argued that American right-wingers increasingly jettisoned Reagan’s sunny optimism in favor of a ...

This course covers the tumultuous history of the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of those who experienced it first-hand. Through English-language translations of primary sources, the course ...

White's highly readable biography portrays the life of Mikhail Pokrovskii, a Marxist historian, prominent early-­​twentieth-century Russian revolutionary, and close comrade of Lenin and Trotsky.

Soviet Russia opened up in 1988, but its freedom proved fleeting. We should guard ours vigilantly.