For about 70 years of its long history, Russia was part of the Soviet Union. Explore before-and-after stories about the country and its people, writers, artists, culture, rulers and worldwide influence.
Russia rose as a mighty power following the Middle Ages, but after Ivan IV (also known as Ivan Grozny - "Ivan the Terrible") died, the country was thr...
Ronald Reagan delivers a speech to students at Moscow State University, urging them to be free of fear and full of hope for the future.
Rudolf Abel, whose real name was William Fisher, under arrest for espionage, is transferred by plane to/from Texas where he is questioned at the Deten...
For more than 700 years Russia, a nation rich in natural resources, has defended herself against invaders from other countries.
On the 15th of February, 2013 a weather satellite - known as Meteosat-9 - captured images of an unexpected meteor as it broke into Earth's atmosphere.
A surveillance camera, observing traffic in Chelyabinsk (a city of more than 1.
At age eighty-eight, the anti-Soviet writer was awarded high honors by the Russian government.
Solzhenitsyn died in Moscow, reportedly of a heart ailment, at the age of 89.
What is the background for developing, and launching, Sputnik - the world's first artificial satellite?
This video clip, based on historical information (and, one hopes, at least a few tongue-in-cheek recreations), demonstrates the U.
Ukrainian farmers and their families die, by the millions, as a result of Stalin's policies enforced against them. They are left with no grain to sell...
To this day, people in Ukraine (and elsewhere) remember the great famine of 1932-33.
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