The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world ...

The former head of Ukraine’s military intelligence recalls how thousands of tactical nuclear weapons were removed from its arsenals by the Russian military.

Here's the standard high school history class summary of the Soviet Union: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was ...

Russians who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan came home to silence and stigma. There’s a very public push to make things ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on the 80th ...

January 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration camp. It could be the last round anniversary at which survivors can play a major role, and the ...