Activists at the National Network on Cuba (NNOC) also helped plan the convoy. The NNOC is a coalition of member organizations that include the Soviet-sympathetic Communist Party USA (CPUSA), ...

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union came rapid societal shifts. In Georgia, people called for the end of the Russification of their country and their culture.

About a year into my field research in Kazakhstan, I went to the city of Kurchatov, once the secret command center of the ...

When he came back to Earth, Gagarin was looked upon as not just a hero, but the very embodiment of the Soviet Union’s power.

We count down to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ by showing a wonder goal each day. Today’s shows A Vasyl Rats screamer for Soviet Union against France in 1982.

On April 3, 1973, the Soviet Union launched a small space station called Salyut 2. This was the second space station ever ...

This Week in History: From missing monks to Soviet standoffs - Explore how major events between 23 and 29 March were captured on The Independent’s front pages ...

On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R. did not accept Lithuania’s independence and imposed an economic blockade ...

For Russia, which aims to regain control over former Soviet territories, capturing Ukraine is critically important, as ...

In 1965, a group of Israeli amateurs shocked the Soviet chess elite, securing a moral victory in the Cold War arena. The ...

In the spring of 1979, on April 2, the city of Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) in the Soviet Union became the site of one of ...

Until the fall of the Soviet Union around 1990 you’d be forgiven as a proud Soviet citizen for thinking that the USSR’s technology was on par with the decadent West. After the Iron ...