Soviet Russia opened up in 1988, but its freedom proved fleeting. We should guard ours vigilantly.

What do the Village People and KISS have in common, apart from elaborate stage costumes? Both acts were allegedly banned from ...

On January 8, 1973, the Soviet Union launched the Luna 21 mission to land a rover on the moon. This was the second time that ...

Programme offering exiled Poles and their descendants residency is under review amid immigration security fears ...

Political and ideological barriers can shape the progress of academic disciplines, warns Ivan Boldyrev. In a paper appearing ...

Grunewald significantly enhances understandings of the fate of Germans captured by the Soviet Union during World War II.

Marking these anniversaries offered an opportunity to reflect on a familiar list of triumphs—not just the defeat of fascism but also the creation of a U.S.-led postwar order built on the NATO alliance ...

Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican ...

Published on this day in 1973, "The Gulag Archipelago" drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's experiences as a ...

Karl Schlögel’s dizzyingly excellent essays in The Soviet Century cover everything from the freezing Gulag to communist ...