Here's the standard high school history class summary of the Soviet Union: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was ...

As you stalk enemies through the ruins of war-torn cities – like Verdun, Stalingrad and Berlin – these sniper games will test your patience, skill and mettle. With their commitment to authenticity, ...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Jan 27) praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

A new textbook designed for students aged 15 and older frames Russia's war in Ukraine as a continuation of the Soviet fight ...

Yes, there were Soviet troops in North Vietnam, and in significantly larger numbers than their Korean War predecessors. Although the Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown World War ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history.

"We will always remember that it was the Soviet soldier who crushed this terrible, total evil and won the victory, the greatness of which will forever remain in world history," Putin said ...

A new school textbook that likens Russia's war in Ukraine to the Soviet struggle against the Nazis and says Russia was ...

With the world marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops on 27 January here is its history, ...

On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz network of concentration camps in Poland, freeing some 7,000 ...

Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at the site in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during World War II.