Following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, the Soviet Union entered a period known as the Khrushchev Thaw, marked by limited political and cultural liberalization. The shift allowed writers, ...

Seeing how people lived beyond the Iron Curtain made Tabarovsky dream of immigrating — an aspiration shared by many Jews in ...

On March 5, 1953, the Soviet Union faced a massive shift in power. Joseph Stalin, the leader who had ruled the nation since 1924, died in ...

In 2008, South Ossetia and parts of Georgia became a war zone during the "5 Days War," leaving deep scars that persist today. This video features local guide Alex as he departs from Gori to explore ...

In a historic former Soviet reserve in the magnificent Uzbek mountains, Michaela Strachan and India Latham find rare signs of ...

A U.S. diplomat’s warning about the Soviet Union’s grand strategy helped produce the strategy of containment that won the Cold War.

Elizabeth Ellis of Rochester found her 1955 two-week stay in the Soviet Union to be “a wonderful educational experience.” However, she told the Post-Bulletin, “I wouldn’t suggest a trip to Russia for ...

In a new book about everyday existence in wartime Berlin, students, musicians, Nazi maidens, and members of the resistance ...

Khomeini died in 1989, and his successor’s life’s work was to keep that revolution alive long after the society it governed ...

Lauren Yee’s boisterous play “Mother Russia,” about the origins of the contemporary oligarchy, has its roots in her San ...

ON FEBRUARY 24 1956, 10 days after it opened in Moscow, delegates to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s (CPSU) 20th ...

Discover March 10's historic milestones including Alexander Graham Bell's first phone call, Harriet Tubman's legacy, and pivotal global events shaping history.