Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A parade in Red Square, Moscow – a carefully choreographed display of Soviet power and unity that stood in contrast to the ...

Following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, the Soviet Union entered a period known as the Khrushchev Thaw, marked by limited political and cultural liberalization. The shift allowed writers, ...

According to various Russian state media accounts, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a pivotal role in ending the Cold War, died... The life and legacy of former Soviet leader Mikhail ...

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...

Communication Director Andrew Hartwell peaks out from some Soviet era paintings including one where someone shot Lenin in the head and a Soviet farm girl at The Wende Museum in Culver City. (Photo by ...

The Soviet Union had brought up its citizens as believers in scientific atheism, scornful of the tradition-based ...

Writer Sasha Vasilyuk was awarded on Tuesday the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her debut novel, “Your Presence Is Mandatory,” which explores the moral terrain of Jewish life in the ...

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Some 200,000 Jewish refugees came to Germany after the fall of the USSR, and brought cultural traditions — like partying hard during Christmas. Thirty-three years ago, the Soviet Union collapsed, ...