In Chiatura, a mining town in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, residents each day pack into tiny, rusting cable cars suspended hundreds of feet over steep slopes and gorges.

After the breakup of the Soviet Union the base came under Ukrainian control but was left unguarded. A visitor in 1994 recalled entering the once-secret site that appeared as if "it had been ...

What You Need to Know: The Kirov-class battlecruiser, a Soviet-era nuclear-powered warship, was once designed to rival U.S. Navy carriers and assert Soviet naval dominance. With advanced radar ...