Tag: Soviet Union

Afghanistan's first spaceman returns home

In 1988, just as the Soviet army was preparing to pull out of Afghanistan, a roc...

My experiences at the Moscow Olympic Games

Dr Elena Rounkova - Moscow State University Institute of Asian and African Langu...

Soviet withdrawal secures Austrian neutrality

Austrian state treaty establishes independent buffer between rival Cold War blocs

North Korean troops take part in Russia’s Victory Day p...

Annual parade commemorates Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany

Russian banned from ex-Soviet state’s parliament

The opposition has harshly criticized new language rules passed by Moldovan Pres...

The story of May Day in Russia and the Soviet Union

Dr Elena Rounkova - Moscow State University Institute of Asian and African Langu...

Mrs Thatcher elected prime minister: 4 May 1979

Michael EJ Phillips

Saur Revolution Overthrows Afghan Government and Ignite...

Violent 1978 coup in Kabul reshaped Afghanistan’s political direction and deepen...

Germans introduce poison gas

22 April 1915.

Lenin returns to Russia from exile

16 April 1917.

Nikita Khrushchev begins his rise to power

14 March 1953.

Did you know Africa once had nuclear weapons?

While the continent is legally committed to being a nuclear-free zone, its secur...

Roy Medvedev, Soviet dissident historian who exposed St...

He was the first historian to calculate the number of Stalin’s victims: ‘Not one...