Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Empire, died this week. In the West he was hailed as the man who turned the Soviet Union away from communism and brought ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of death ...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a pivotal figure during Russia’s transition from communism to democracy, has died at the age of 91. Russian media reported his death Aug. 30, citing a hospital ...

Everyone seems to agree with the idea of learning from history, but few seem to actually do so. Today, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation marks Victims of Communism Memorial Day. The ...

The major reformers of the Soviet system, Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev, have very different reputations outside the former USSR. Khrushchev is often regarded as an uncouth buffoon, while ...

In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. It marked the end of an experiment that lasted almost a century testing the premise that godless secularization, turning control of people's lives over to other ...

In an authoritarian society, it’s free thinkers who are targeted by those in power. A book, a social media post, a private ...