On October 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. This was the last mission in ...

After the Space Race there was the supersonic race, as three countries vied to build the first passenger supersonic airliner ...

Flying unescorted meant instant doom for WWII bomber crews. A decade later the danger hadn’t vanished—especially for American ...

Speaking with Hilary Golston, former Soviet Union expert Dr. Ronald Suny said President Trump deserves some credit for ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin began a state visit Wednesday in Tajikistan, a three-day trip that includes a series of ...

Sheila Fitzpatrick offers a concise account of Joseph Stalin’s rise to supreme power, his tyrannical rule, the black comedy surrounding his death, and his legacy in modern Russia.

Daniel Naroditsky was born in San Mateo, California, to Jewish immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union, US Buzz, Times ...

Palo Alto JPA director Yana Rathman, who emigrated from Kiev in 1989 as a young adult and now works in instructional ...

As Europe was sleeping on November 7, 1983, the Soviets began mobilizing their troops, preparing their air force, and ...

The Soviets engineered antizionism as a weapon of destabilization, recognizing a deep vulnerability in the West: that it ...

With the expiration of the New START treaty on 4 February 2026, the major nuclear powers will have to find another ...

Julia Ioffe’s much-anticipated memoir and history of Russia offers an original take on America’s long-time adversary ...