Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?
"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an ...
Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93
Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, ...
What is the history of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Armenia and Azerbaijan were locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh for nearly four decades after the Soviet Union they were ...
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Will the U.S. collapse like the Soviet Union did?
“You’re next,” said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union’s collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the ...
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
At the time of their famous match, the Soviet Union had compiled an unbroken streak of world chess championships that stretched back decades. After his loss, Spassky went home to a cold reception in ...
Daily Quiz | On countries that were part of the Soviet Union
Lithuania became the first country to declare independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1991. Here is a quiz on ...