The 1K17 was one of the many prototypes the Soviet Union built in its quest for a "Self-propelled Laser Complex" (SLK). The concept was initially proposed in the 1970s and early 1980s with the ...

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.

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.” ...

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.

Moldovan director Ion Bors' debut is set against the backdrop of the little-remembered Transnistria War and takes place in the dying days of the USSR. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...