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

Before the fall of the Iron Curtain and subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union during the 1989-1992 period, the nations of the Soviet Empire produced a fascinating range of cars, trucks, and ...

Putin is undismayed and vows to press on with his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union. Another reason Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was because Ukraine was negotiating with NATO to become a member.

Although President Ronald Reagan did not actually use the phrase "evil empire" in this June 8 ... truth told in an underground joke in the Soviet Union. It is that the Soviet Union would remain ...

It has been part of the Russian Empire, occupied by the Germans during both World Wars, divided between Poland and the Soviet Union, and finally declared its independence in 1991. Although Belarus ...

President Reagan continued to regard the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" and remained committed to his quest for a near-perfect ballistic-missile defense. To break the impasse, Gorbachev tried at ...

If you're alarmed as I am by the new president's first actions in office, the Soviet dissident Alexander Esenin-Volpin has ...

While Russia has few allies, like North Korea, and Iran supporting the Russian war effort, Ukraine has dozens of nations supporting the struggle against Russia. Vladimir Zelensky has visited 42 ...

Vladislav Zubok, A Failed Empire. The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (2007); Vladislav Zubok, Zhivago’s Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia (2009); Martin Malia, The ...