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

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 ...

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

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A parade in Red Square, Moscow – a carefully choreographed display of Soviet power and unity that stood in contrast to the ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake, which is ruining Russia's economy, Poland's foreign minister said. Speaking at Davos, ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The day is September 1st, 1939, in the Soviet Union, and you're a middle-management engineer working at the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory in Ukraine. While a particular ...

Last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris officially became the Democratic nominee for US president. The symbolic and celebratory event — which included ...