On April 3, 1973, the Soviet Union launched a small space station called Salyut 2. This was the second space station ever ...

When he came back to Earth, Gagarin was looked upon as not just a hero, but the very embodiment of the Soviet Union’s power.

This Week in History: From missing monks to Soviet standoffs - Explore how major events between 23 and 29 March were captured on The Independent’s front pages ...

Galina’s story is not unique. Tens of thousands of elderly Jews across the former Soviet Union—many of them Holocaust survivors—are living in extreme poverty. According to the American Jewish Joint ...

In 1965, a group of Israeli amateurs shocked the Soviet chess elite, securing a moral victory in the Cold War arena. The ...

Until the fall of the Soviet Union around 1990 you’d be forgiven as a proud Soviet citizen for thinking that the USSR’s technology was on par with the decadent West. After the Iron ...

On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R. did not accept Lithuania’s independence and imposed an economic blockade ...