Serge Schmemann: A secret cable and a clue to where U.S-Russia relations went wrong
What went awry? Putin is the main culprit for Russia’s return to authoritarianism, aggression and hostility to the West. But ...
On This Day: Communists give up monopoly of Soviet politics
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.
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How Russia Neutralized Ukraine’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons
The former head of Ukraine’s military intelligence recalls how thousands of tactical nuclear weapons were removed from its ...
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He's The Only Soldier Who Fought For The Soviet Union And The US During World War II
he was visited by the famed Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov. Through an interpreter, Beyrle told Zhukov all about how he ended up fighting for the Soviets as an American. Zhukov helped him return ...
History Today: When Luna 9 became first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon
February 3, 1950, is remembered as the day the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on ...