The Cold War on MSN

How Soviet teenagers defied the system with style

This documentary explores the Stilyagi, a youth subculture that emerged in the Soviet Union during the late 1940s and 1950s.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Monument Honoring Soviet Victims Erected In Siberia, Despite Roadblocks

A monument has been erected in the Siberian city of Nizhnevartovsk to honor victims of the brutal purges from the 1930s to the 1950s, despite efforts by the Russian government to glorify Soviet ...
Found and Explained Official on MSN

The Soviet nuclear land train that actually worked

In the 1950s, the Soviet Union built a mobile nuclear power plant mounted on tracked vehicles to supply electricity in remote ...
insider.si.edu

Selected estimates on the Soviet Union, 1950-1959 / editor, Scott A. Koch

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The New York Times

100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures

Communist Party supporters laid flowers at Stalin’s grave in Moscow this month, marking the anniversary of his birth. Credit...Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times ...