Amid the industrial warfare of the Second World War, battlefield performance depended on precise logistics and the ability to ...

Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin launched Europe’s deadliest war since World War II, Russia remains banned by the IOC ...

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built—an explosion so massive it was felt around ...

The Ilyushin Il-86 was the Soviet Union’s first widebody passenger aircraft, designed for domestic and international travel. Limited engine efficiency, heavy structure, range restrictions, and ...

"Everyone was equal," the kerchiefed babushka of Eli from Russia — a YouTuber who documents everyday life and regional ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The day is September 1st, 1939, in the Soviet Union, and you're a middle-management engineer working at the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory in Ukraine. While a particular ...

The Mi-8 is far more cost-competitive than Western counterparts, and focuses on redundancy and ease of use rather than ...

In the waning years of the Soviet Union, most of the citizens in that cold tyranny could see that their system was ...

EADaily, January 27th, 2026. The Soviet Union is to blame for the poverty of the Uzbek people. This statement was made by deputy of the Parliament of Uzbekistan Alisher Kadyrov.

In 1982 a Russian translation of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind was issued in the Soviet Union. Judging by reports from that quarter, the book has been an enormous success—with those readers ...