The evolution of Soviet VTOL aircraft tells a story of technological daring, strategic necessity, and Cold War rivalry.

Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Science was a postwar gift from the Soviet Union. Today, it’s a cultural icon — and still the ...

Recreating the Soviet Union’s rationed food lines will hardly improve the lives of the poor in New York City.

MICHAEL MCFAUL is Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute, Professor of Political Science, and a Hoover Fellow at Stanford ...

Everywhere socialism — government-run economic activity — has been tried, it’s failed to meet the people’s needs.

Powers is the son of Francis Gary Powers Sr., the CIA U-2 pilot whose capture by the Soviet Union in 1960 became one of the ...

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia's far east as it was preparing to land, killing ...

The 1980 U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team achieved a stunning victory against the Soviet Union National Team in the “Miracle on Ice” game, which brought Americans together during a ...

A bold US statement rejected the Soviet occupation of Estonia and its Baltic neighbours; it became the foundation of Western ...

Former Czech ice hockey great Josef Černý has died. He was 85. Černý scored 75 goals in 210 appearances for the former Czechoslovakia and was the sixth highest scorer in the country. He played ...

The An-24 aircraft carrying dozens of people was found on a mountainside in a remote part of Russia's Far East.

Lada-maker Avtovaz blames a mass influx of Chinese cars, stricter car loan rules, and high interest rates. It expects sales ...