Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering number of male combatants were killed. The Japanese translation of the ...

While few in the West even remember its name, the Winter War launched a chain of events that just might have brought down Hitler, handed the Allies victory during World War II, and shaped the last 75 ...

“You’re next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union’s collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the ...

MOSCOW - A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor ...

Petersburg (then called Leningrad) in 1957. He trained as a historian at Leningrad State University. In 1976, while still a student, he began participating in propaganda activities against the Soviet ...

Half of our continent was still living under the yoke of a totalitarian ideology that had oppressed the various peoples who had been subjected to the dictatorship of the Soviet Union for six decades.

in World War II. Thinking individuals will be unsurprised to learn that the Enola Gay was not actually named after the sexual orientation. The plane was named after the mother of its pilot ...

The S&P 500 fell almost 5 percent on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized President Trump’s action and weighed their responses. Fires and smoke ...

Russian Court Jails Anti-War Soviet-Era Dissident for 16 Years, Prosecutor Says MOSCOW (Reuters) - A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander ...

As tensions with Russia escalate, Norway is reviving two Cold War-era military bunkers, BBC reported. The Bardufoss Air Station and Olavsvern naval base, once key defence sites against Soviet threats, ...