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.
Charles Moore - Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer - discusses his research on the differences, and similarities, between Mikhail Gorbachev, Ro...
This video clip contains historical footage of the trial of downed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. The three-day trial took place in August of 1960.
This clip, from "Harvest of Despair," continues the story of the great Ukrainian famine of 1932-33.
The great famine of 1932-33, in Ukraine, took the lives of millions of people - yet, it is little known in the rest of the world.
Historians argue whether the Stalingrad duel between Vasily Zaitsev and Major Koenig ever really happened.
On the 12th of April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first person to fly in space. See his launch and his recovered space capsule.
Sir Anthony Hopkins portrays Count Pierre Bezukhov in the BBC's 1972 production of War and Peace. Still shot, copyright, BBC, all rights re...
At the age of 27, Yuri Gagarin became known around the world after he was the first person to fly in space.
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