In an interview with Irish Examiner political editor Elaine Loughlin, the Taoiseach says he believes defence will be a vital ...

The 1934 murder of Sergei Kirov shook the Soviet Union and became one of its greatest historical mysteries. Was it a lone gunman, or did Stalin orchestrate the killing to justify his purges? This deep ...

John Adams, a graduate student at the University of California, during the preparation of his thesis, asked the ChatGPT neural network to compile a rating of the best states in the history of mankind.

The annexation of Western Ukraine to the USSR was a political mistake by Joseph Stalin, which led to major negative ...

Lying a relic of Soviet grandeur, people from nearby towns have their wedding photos taken at the iconic ruins.

Putin has long viewed nostalgia as a powerful means of reassuring — and subduing — the public. Putin revived the Soviet anthem and restored the Red Army flag as the official banner of the military.