For about 70 years of its long history, Russia was part of the Soviet Union. Explore before-and-after stories about the country and its people, writers, artists, culture, rulers and worldwide influence.
Although the Soviet Union never acknowledged that its policies caused the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33, Russia acknowledged it in 2003.
Improving its original design, Galileo uses the telescope to view the sky and planets.
Because of Soviet secrecy, sailors who survive the K-19 radiation leak may not tell the true story about what happened.
The Soviet army, on its way to "free" Berlin during WWII, occupy several countries once controlled by the Germans.
Hitler underestimates Stalin and the Russian people when he plans to conquer the Soviet Union.
Refusing to grant access to individuals who can see how the Ukrainian people are starving, Soviet officials assure the world, and their own countrymen...
Stalin, who succeeds Lenin, is unwilling to allow national patriotism to continue in Ukraine. He enforces repressive policies on the Ukrainian people.
The battle for Stalingrad is the deadliest battle in military history.
A German sharpshooter, Major Konings, is sent to take out Zaitsev.
St. Petersburg, a city featured in Dostoevsky's works, becomes Russia's new capital city.
Zaitsev trains Tania Chernova, a female Russian-American, who seeks revenge against the Germans.
In November of 1989, the people of Berlin tear down a wall which divides their city into East and West. Two years earlier, President Reagan leads the ...
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