Among the Soviet Union’s many pioneering aircraft, one fighter stands out for its speed, agility, and enduring legacy. Examining its design and battlefield record offers insight into why it ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat.

Rossotrudnichestvo Chief Yevgeny Primakov (left) and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk (second left) at a Russia House in Dushanbe in June 2025. (Photo: gov.ru) The head of ...

Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files show The CIA released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of ...

The documents released Thursday reveal Kennedy met with the CIA to share his observations following a 1955 trip to the Soviet Union.

According to the Associated Press, the records show Kennedy voluntarily shared his observations with the CIA after a 1955 visit to the Soviet Union, acting as an informal informant.

How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race Could the moon landing have been an international program?

To that end, [msylvain59] has been kind enough to give us a look inside the Elektronika MK-26—a calculator built in the former Soviet Union. There’s lots of interesting stuff to see from the ...

James Lloydovich Patterson, child star of Soviet-era film, dies at 91 The son of an African American father and a Russian mother, he starred at age 3 in a propaganda film mythologizing Soviet ...

As the Soviet Union Fell, Did the K.G.B. Leave a Gift in Brazil for Today’s Spies? A forensic analysis of birth certificates used by deep-cover operatives suggests a tantalizing possibility.

I just, uh, kind of forgot to do the October Revolution? I got really into fiddling with the party makeup of the Petrograd Soviet and someone went and convened a government without me.