On This Day, Feb. 13: Soviet Union expels dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 1668, Portugal was recognized as an independent nation by Spain. In 1861, the first Medal of Honor was awarded. It went to ...
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...
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Osama bin Laden’s Secret Weapon: Economic Literacy
Osama bin Laden never commanded an army, but he managed to militarily and economically defeat the US by enticing its ...
What happened to the Chornobyl nuclear plant in 1986?
The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where Ukraine accused Russia of striking a radiation containment structure on Friday, is a ...
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Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ignoring the Soviet Union's role in liberating Nazi ...
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SOVIET UNION: Saga of the Sedov
One of the many little-known facts about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is that some 25% of its territory lies north of the Arctic Circle. The Soviet Arctic (some of which is south of the ...
The Soviet Fighter That Swarmed the Skies in WW2
According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...