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

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

Mark Smith’s impressive history surveys life in the Soviet Union, and its advances and failures from Khrushchev to Gorbachev ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine has dragged on longer than World War II, with Ukraine achieving unexpected successes at multiple ...

Three years. 10 months. 18 days.As of January 12, that’s the amount of time that’s elapsed since Russia launched its all-out ...

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

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 ...

December 30 marks a curious footnote in Soviet history that sounds almost absurd today: in 1932, Soviet authorities moved to ban or suppress publications and guidance labeled as “food for young ...

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

Asked in December 2025 what the biggest sticking point was in negotiating peace in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump got ...

As mass protests engulf Iran, Tehran appears increasingly isolated, with Russia and China offering only limited support while ...