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 ...

As funding cuts threaten Pilsen’s murals and war destroys Ukrainian mosaics, two communities are learning what makes public art endure.

Igor Dyatlov was a tinkerer, an inventor, and a devotee of the wilderness. Born in 1936, near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), he built radios as a kid and loved camping. When the Soviet Union launched ...

In the summer of 1941, the world witnessed one of the most daring and devastating military operations in history: Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. This documentary ...

Pilot Viktor Belenko’s defection was a major embarrassment for the Soviet Union—which was subsequently shocked into establishing tighter security and coerced indoctrination programs for their military ...

A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed mission to Venus is believed to have crashed back to Earth early on Saturday morning. The European Space Agency, which was monitoring the craft’s ...

It is unclear where the spacecraft will land, experts say. Cosmos 482, the Soviet probe that was supposed to land on Venus but ended up stuck in Earth's orbit for decades, appears to have crashed back ...

The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery reentry to Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

An initiative group of Russians in Washington plans to hold a march of the Immortal Regiment with Soviet symbols, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the end of the so-called Great Patriotic War [as ...

On a gusty Saturday afternoon in March, two men crack open a Soviet-made hangar, then scramble to slow the door’s movement as gravity takes over. The 33-ton blast door rumbles along a steel track ...

Another week, another set of awesome Android wallpapers for you to share! Remember that we are always looking for submissions from our readers. Head to the bottom of this article to find out how you ...

On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. This mission was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which would later carry the first cosmonauts into space. Inside the spacecraft was a ...