The collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s heralded ... Now, almost 20 years after the dissolution of the USSR, another benefit is beginning to emerge. In its heyday, the former USSR ...

In August 1991, the Soviet empire collapsed. Yet this colossus seemed indestructible: its power had towered over the world for nearly a century. But a collapsed economy, reforms too late to avoid ...

Built at a shipyard in what is now Ukraine and named after what is now the capital of Belarus, it served in the Soviet ...

First, Russia’s invasion dramatically accelerated the decline of Ukraine’s labor force, which has been shrinking since the Soviet dissolution. The loss of nearly a third of its population to ...

A Soviet citizen is defined as a person born in one of the 15 states which seceded from the Soviet Union during its dissolution in December 1991. Persons born in one of these 15 states after 1991 are ...

The following piece by Paul Huth (Program for International Peace and Security Research, University of Michigan) is a condensed version of the final chapter of the forthcoming Beyond the Soviet Threat ...

After 25 years of independence, some former Soviet republics are experiencing ... Kazakhstan’s population fell for over a decade after the dissolution mainly due to an exodus of ethnic Russians ...

On March 11, 2025, we take a moment to reflect on significant events that have occurred on this date throughout history.One ...