Vladimir Putin once described the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century.

‘Shameless’ Taliban enlist Russian help in repairing military hardware left by fleeing Soviets - Agreement signed at ...

In relations with Belarus, the United States needs to reduce Russia’s sway without provoking it to annex the country—while ...

One week before the elections, Russia recalled its ambassador to Armenia, Sergei Kopyrkin, in protest at Yerevan’s growing ...

pt. I. The tsarist period. 1. Russian science before 1800. 2. Science in nineteenth-century Russia. 3. Russian intellectuals and Darwinism -- pt. II. Russian science and a Marxist revolution. 4. The ...

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

Ukraine is a small country compared to Russia - but it punched above its weight when it came to political influence within the Soviet Union.

Last week, a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), an economic cooperation body of former Soviet states, held in ...

Twenty-five years ago today the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned. And the next day, with the stroke of a pen, the USSR was dissolved. As the 15 constituent republics went their separate ...

Discover Lenin's role in the Bolshevik Revolution, his leadership's impact on the USSR, and the controversial legacy of his ...