The expansion of the Soviet Union posed a geopolitical challenge for more than four decades after the end of the Second World ...

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The first such agreement was signed in January 1979 when the two countries established diplomatic ties to counter the ...

Today, the Russian Federation only operates a single aircraft carrier (and we will take a deeper look at it in a moment) and ...

The Soviet Union, China, and other communist countries used a central planning model that marshaled national resources for high priority goals. A series of 5-Year Plans rocketed the USSR into an ...

From anti-colonial movements of the twentieth century to the ideological battles of the Cold War, the Soviet Union profoundly ...

Surprisingly little is known in the West about the role of Central Asia in World War II. This scholarly but thoroughly ...

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Russia's point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump's incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear ...