In the aftermath of chaos and collapse following the Soviet Union's fall, Russia stood on the brink. Amid this instability, a ...

The fall of the USSR wasn’t just economic decay—it was pressure from Reagan’s foreign policy, military buildup, and covert strategy. While often overlooked, these moves helped unravel the Soviet ...

In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its rocket-assisted toss to the cloud-veiled world.

Fifty years ago, Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, achieved a long-desired ...

Kosmos 482, a Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to fall to Earth this weekend. Stay up to date on the spacecraft.

While Westerners tend to see the war through the lens of events such as D-Day or the Battle of Britain, it was a conflict largely won by the Soviet Union. An incredible eight out of 10 German war ...