News

The National Interest on MSN18h
The Soviet Union’s Forgotten Mars-Venus Mission
However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the ...
Onmanorama6h
When India declined a Soviet offer of a space flight
As we celebrate the successful flight of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station and back, I ...
MrTech on MSN5d
The Rise and Fall of the USSR :10 Surprising Facts About the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, or the USSR, was one of the most powerful and mysterious superpowers in history, with a lasting impact on ...
Sideprojects on MSN2d
5 Weird Things About Everyday Life in the Soviet Union
Life in the Soviet Union was filled with strange contradictions ration cards and black market jeans, communal apartments, and ...
Greetings from Moscow, Russia, where Lenin's tomb attracts a new surge of visitors
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...
Georgia's tea growers work to revive an industry that collapsed with the Soviet Union
Their GreenGold Tea is one of several new companies that brought tea fields in and around Ozurgeti, Guria’s regional capital, ...
Oriskany pilot fought seven Soviet MiGs, but mission stayed classified for 50 years
Retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams fought in one of the most incredible battles in aviation history and lived to tell the tale ...
The New York Times2y
The West’s Illusions About Gorbachev and the Victory of Liberalism
As the Soviet Union’s final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev dreamed of a “common European home,” but three decades later that tantalizing idea remains out of reach. By Roger Cohen PARIS ...