The Soviet Union was the first to launch a satellite, Sputnik 1, and a human into space, Yuri Gagarin. With Apollo 11, the U.S. landed the first humans on the moon in 1969.

This outstanding collection of examples of Soviet-era propaganda is arranged chronologically from the Boleshevik Revolution to the Cold War arms race. Artist unknown. "There is a spectre haunting ...

With dissolution of the USSR 26 years ago in December, the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution and current expansive efforts of Russian propaganda, we are looking back at how a population ...

This was an approach he saw mirrored in many Soviet propaganda posters. “Space is used to represent time because time is sort of slippery and space is something we see all around us, right?” One way ...

Originally reparations to be paid by each country had been fixed at $300,000,000. In goods, services and occupation costs, the Soviet Union had already taken over three times that amount from Rumania.

By contrast, Mikail Gorbachev, the first and last President of the Soviet Union who set in motion democratic reforms, enjoyed a 15% positive reaction when Russians were last asked about him in 2017.

video no longer available The sound, the droning narration isn’t important: this amazing documentary on animated Soviet Propaganda is stunning. From 1924 to perestroika the USSR produced more ...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Russians lost the unifying force that communism provided. In recent years, the Russian government has promoted the myth of the Great ...