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The Rise and Fall of the USSR :10 Surprising Facts About the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, or the USSR, was one of the most powerful and mysterious superpowers in history, with a lasting impact on ...

Georgia's tea growers work to revive an industry that collapsed with the Soviet Union

Their GreenGold Tea is one of several new companies that brought tea fields in and around Ozurgeti, Guria’s regional capital, ...

MiG-21's Chinese Twin: How J-7 Fighter Jet Redrew Beijing's Airpower Map

A China-built F-7 fighter jet, operated by the Bangladesh Air Force, crashed into a college building in Dhaka, killing 19 ...

Teenage diaries from Stalin's Russia reveal boys' struggles with love, famine and Soviet pressure to achieve

Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, ...
The National Interest on MSN4d

The Soviet Union Built a Laser Pistol for 1980s Space Battles

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

The Communist Politburo once ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist. Its last member has now died

The death of Vadim Medvedev marks the quiet end of an era when Communist apparatchiks ruled the Soviet Union from behind ...
Space.com on MSN4d

50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates

The first joint space mission between the United States and Russia (then the Soviet Union) docked in Earth orbit half a ...
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The West’s Illusions About Gorbachev and the Victory of Liberalism

As the Soviet Union’s final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev dreamed of a “common European home,” but three decades later that tantalizing idea remains out of reach. By Roger Cohen PARIS ...