KIEV, January 20. /TASS/. The Soviet Union’s coat of arms, the hammer and sickle, will be removed from the Motherland Monument in Kiev dedicated to the World War Two victory over Nazi Germany ...

The emblem of the Soviet Union's KGB intelligence service boasts a sword sitting atop a shield. The sword represented the KGB's aggressive global effort to advance Moscow's communist-centered agenda.

The Soviet-era emblem on Kyiv's Motherland statue has been replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms. London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against Nazi Germany.

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...

A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction. Described as "monumental", they will be up for sale at Wotton ...