We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The history of Soviet era weapons and warfare is brimming with interesting tales of success, failure, and weird human behavior. The MiG-25 had ...

Documents show desperate final Soviet leader fighting to retain power. Aug. 13, 2011 — -- Communist hardliners staged a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev 20 years ago, and the Soviet Union collapsed ...

The impossible story of communism. How do you tell the history of a global movement in all its hope and contradiction? The story of communism is one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. The ...