Mustard. Why the Soviet Buran Only Launched Once – A Cold War Story. Posted: June 20, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle ...

A declassified Cold War-era file from the CIA has gone viral over its coverage of a supposed clash between Soviet soldiers and a UFO, whose passengers reportedly turned the troops to stone before b… ...

Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88. His 1972 match against Bobby Fischer, the American chess star, became known as the “Match of the Century.” ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era showdown, has died at 88. The match, viewed as a symbolic battle between the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in ...

Mr. Spassky went home to a cold reception in the Soviet Union, where he had become a national disappointment. He was wealthy by Russian standards, having won $90,000 in prize money at Reykjavik.

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries… ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, has died in Moscow.