It was supposed to be a Soviet triumph. Instead, it became the most public crash in the history of Cold War aviation. A ...

The Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s own supersonic passenger aircraft, and amid the backdrop of the Cold War there was ... Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash (France). On a demo flight, the 2nd production ...

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...

The documents released Thursday reveal Kennedy met with the CIA to share his observations following a 1955 trip to the Soviet ...

Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was subsequently shocked into establishing tighter security and coerced indoctrination programs for their ...

The Soviet Union really was a very racist society, so there would not have been a place for him as an actor in Soviet cinema.” Advertisement Mr. Patterson was born in the Russian capital on July ...

To that end, [msylvain59] has been kind enough to give us a look inside the Elektronika MK-26—a calculator built in the former Soviet Union. There’s lots of interesting stuff to see from the ...

BERLIN, June 21, 1941 (UP) - Following is the text of the German declaration by Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop: "I have this morning received the Ambassador of the Soviet Union and ...

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., speaks in Washington on March 16, 1968, as he announces he will run for president. WASHINGTON — The CIA released nearly 1,500 pages of previously classified ...

Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files show The CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination ...

Kennedy met with the CIA following a 1955 tour of the Soviet Union, relaying his observations to the spy agency as a voluntary informant, the documents show.