On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R.

In 1971, the United States launched a secret satellite program called JUMPSEAT, which surveilled the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Before, during, and after the Cold War reconnaissance ...

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A parade in Red Square, Moscow – a carefully choreographed display of Soviet power and unity that stood in contrast to the ...

Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov appeared to lament the break up of the Soviet Union during a recent broadcast. The anchor of an evening show on the Russia 1 state TV channel that bears his name ...

The Soviet Union had brought up its citizens as believers in scientific atheism, scornful of the tradition-based ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The day is September 1st, 1939, in the Soviet Union, and you're a middle-management engineer working at the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory in Ukraine. While a particular ...

The Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, which entered service in 1949, represented one of the most glaring episodes of intellectual property theft in aviation history. Although the Cold War ...

On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This mission was a ...