Fitzpatrick, a doyenne of Soviet historians, offers the lay reader a concise, chronological account of the Soviet Union premised on the notion that accidents, rather than inevitabilities, drive human ...

Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR. Personal Birth date: March 2, 1931 Death date: August 30, 2022 Birth place: Privolnoye, Russia, Soviet Union Birth name: ...

The site praises Capitol rioters as "innocent Americans," blames Capitol Police for "escalating tensions" and draws outrage ...

The often misunderstood history of the Soviet dissident movement. In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at key ...

It was one of the signature moments of the environmental movement, and one of the turning points of global history. A few long-haired men and women afloat in small rubber inflatables on an open ocean ...

A new book explores the legacy of the Soviet Union’s human spaceflight program Diane Tedeschi Yuri Gagarin’s status as an icon is evident in Russia’s many memorials for the pioneering cosmonaut, ...

When Billy Joel visited the Soviet Union for a series of historic concerts in 1987, he learned it was still rock 'n' roll to them — albeit slightly different. On July 26, 1987, Joel and his band ...