After Mr. Gorbachev announced the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Mr. Yeltsin became the first president of the new Russian Federation. A Russian woman near a vandalized emblem of Communism ...

Another emblem of the Stalin years is the Moscow ... Despite the image we have of the Soviet Union as a grim totalitarian state, people found ways to have happy, fulfilling lives.

The Soviet Union was the world's first communist country and had a major influence on 20th-century history — and still has an influence today. When you purchase through links on our site ...

After removal, the emblem will be stored by the Tallinn City Museum ... Estonia was twice occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940-1941 and 1945-1991.

Workers began removing the old emblem in late July ... known as the Motherland Monument when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The change is just one part of a long effort in Ukraine to ...

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.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of ...

A 2.5-tonne concrete Soviet emblem has been removed from the roof of the Russian ... Estonia was twice occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940-1941 and 1945-1991.