In the 1950s, the Soviet Union unveiled the Tu-104, a sleek jet airliner adapted from a bomber, promising to modernize air ...

Before the end of the Cold War, the Iron Curtain cut off the Soviet Union from the rest of Europe. Life there was restricted ... Source: The Guardian In the 1950s, "bone records" were old X ...

Readers who picked up the Nov. 10, 1967 issue of LIFE magazine ... In the Soviet Union, as in many welfare states, the political was personal. State policies put in place during the 1950s ...