Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful
Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington ...
Suzanne Massie, ‘Reagan’s Window on the Soviet Union,’ Dies at 94
An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the ...
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The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at key junctures and eventually to great effect.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader and father of Perestroika, has died at 91
Gorbachev was the top Soviet leader when he held the posts of general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) between 1985 and 1991 and head of state ...
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What to Know About the Election in Belarus Featuring ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’
With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91
Leaders of American and western Jewish organizations ... opened the doors and allowed thousands of Jews to leave the Soviet Union for a life of religious freedom in the United States and Israel ...
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...