During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed one of its most secretive and terrifying weapons—the RT-23 Molodets. This intercontinental ballistic missile system was hidden inside specially designed ...

This video explains why the Soviet Union—once a nuclear superpower ruling nearly 300 million people—collapsed so suddenly in 1991. It traces the arc from post-WWII dominance and the Cold War standoffs ...

The Yak-9’s wooden airframe design represents a true engineering marvel—considering that this plane was being deployed against some of Hitler’s most advanced military technology on the Eastern Front.

On July 30, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the Kamchatka peninsula, in Russia's far east. Within minutes, tsunami warnings were issued in Russia, much of Asia and across the ...

Patrick David Sharrocks receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council, grant number NE/S007458/1. On July 30, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the Kamchatka ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA released nearly 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 assassination on Thursday, detailing the spy agency’s ...

A forensic analysis of birth certificates used by deep-cover operatives suggests a tantalizing possibility. By Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz have covered Russian ...

After 53 years stuck in space, a Soviet spacecraft designed to land on Venus has finally crash-landed back on Earth. The Kosmos 482 probe, a relic from the first Space Race, crashed harmlessly into ...

From the collapse of the Berlin Wall to the most recent proclamations from Washington's foreign policy think tanks, a persistent illusion has shaped American strategic thinking: the belief that ...

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative. The mountainous Central Asian country adopted a new anthem in ...