WarsofTheWorld on MSN7d
When 39 Soviet Soldiers Took on 250 Afghan Mujahideen...
The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its ...
Khaleej Times on MSN1d
Berets, boots and flags: Russia teaches young children to revere army
Russian children are being encouraged to join pro-military youth movements, just like during the Soviet Union. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The National Interest24d
Did Soviet Troops Fight in the Vietnam War?
Although the Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown World War III between the Soviet Union and the Warsaw ... applying that label to Red Army infantry troops.
On This Day: Soviet Union expels dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 1974, the Soviet Union expelled dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In 1983, a blaze engulfed a crowded movie theater ...
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Holocaust survivors gather at Auschwitz to mark 80 years since liberation
Jan. 27 (UPI) --Holocaust survivors and their supporters marked the 80th recognition of Soviet Union soldiers liberating Auschwitz on Monday. About 50 survivors returned to the site where some 1.1 ...
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Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful
Russia, the successor to the Soviet Union, was not invited due to the war ... Putin said that if the Soviet soldiers who took part in the liberation of the camps could not be invited due to ...
Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...