Russia names great-granddaughter of Soviet leader Khrushchev as 'foreign agent'

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. academic Nina Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of a former Soviet ...

This Day in History: Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare its independence

On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R.

This Top-Secret Satellite Spied on Enemy Weapons for the U.S. Air Force, Declassified Files Reveal

In 1971, the United States launched a secret satellite program called JUMPSEAT, which surveilled the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Before, during, and after the Cold War reconnaissance ...
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Ukrainians modernise Soviet surface-to-air missile system for shooting down Shahed UAVs – photos

Ukraine's defence forces have adapted the Soviet-era Kub ("Cube") surface-to-air missile system to strike Russian attack drones. Source: Air Command Centre Details: The Kub system was developed in the ...
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How the Soviet Union reinvented the space shuttle – and why it shocked the world

During the Cold War, the space race pushed both superpowers to develop groundbreaking technology. In response to the American Space Shuttle, the Soviet Union created its own remarkable spacecraft.

OTD in Space – March 9: Soviet Union Launches Dummy, Dog and Guinea Pig into Space

On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This mission was a ...
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Sheila Fitzpatrick: Late Soviet Spiritualism

The Soviet Union had brought up its citizens as believers in scientific atheism, scornful of the tradition-based ...