How a KGB archivist defected with a treasure trove of Soviet secrets — and even his family had no clue

Vladimir Mitrokhin’s amazing story is the subject of a new book, ‘The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB.’ ...
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Soviet Union was really weird - here's why

The Soviet Union wasn’t just authoritarian — it was structurally bizarre. Daily life blended advanced science with ...
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My theory about Russian vodka: Drinking culture in the Soviet Union

Why have so many men in Soviet Russia turned to alcohol? Find out in this fascinating video! In this video, I explore why so ...
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OTD In Space - January 8: Soviet Union Launches 2nd Lunar Rover

On January 8, 1973, the Soviet Union launched the Luna 21 mission to land a rover on the moon. This was the second time that ...
Phys.org

Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?

"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.
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Soviet Union prison camp survivor celebrates 100th birthday in Ashland

In 100 years of life, Dorothea Schade survived a Soviet gulag after World War II and immigrated to America for a better life.
The National Interest

The Soviet Union Built a Titanium Submarine. Why Didn’t America?

Despite its impressive nature, the Lira-class was in no real way a strategic game-changer for the Soviets in their bid to defeat the West—and its costs were immense. During the Cold War, many radical ...
The National Interest

The Soviet Tu-4 Bomber Looked an Awful Lot Like the B-29 Stratofortress

The Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, which entered service in 1949, represented one of the most glaring episodes of intellectual property theft in aviation history. Although the Cold War ...