In the 2nd half of the 20th century, the USSR became one of the world’s two superpowers.

After the conclusion of the Battle of Kursk in 1943, the Soviets set out to develop new heavy tanks for both the short and ...

The largest investigation of UFOs in the history of the world was launched by the former USSR in the late 1970s and produced ...

BBC Studios announced the launch of The History Bureau, a gripping new podcast that revisits defining stories of our recent ...

Trump has said acquiring Greenland is a national security priority, and that the U.S. must own the island to prevent Russia ...

On the night of 19 January the Soviet army occupied the cities of Azerbaijan and an unprecedented massacre took place ...

From a Georgian seminary student to the ruthless leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin reshaped the 20th century. This biography traces his rise through the Bolshevik Revolution, his brutal ...

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva met with top Ukrainian officials in frosty, snow-covered Kyiv on ...

From a conflict expected to be over in days, four years of battle followed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The first ...

As this article goes to press, security officials in Iran are carefully weighing their options on how to dole out violence to ...

The EU must be more robust in order to stem the tide of international disorder, or it risks falling to authoritarian imperialism, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash ...

Global Sports Editor Ossian Shine brings you Inside Track — your essential guide to the weekend in sport, from courtside in ...