As Germany marks 80 years since the end of World War II, one historic Berlin site is grappling with how to commemorate the Soviets’ crucial role in defeating Nazism against the backdrop of Russia’s ...

Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the ...

In the square, on one side is Soviet ... Union. In the days running up to May 9, the market is dominated by supporters of President Vladimir Putin. They sing, wave tricolour white-blue-red flags ...

When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...

The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth orbit because of a rocket malfunction. Most of it came ...

"My dad was shot down over the Soviet Union," Gary says. "As a kid I thought it was normal, everybody's dad goes through this." In the thick of the Cold War, an American spy plane flew over ...

Kosmos 482—originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is expected to make a crash landing on Earth around May 9–10 ...

“But it cannot be completely excluded.” The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions. But it never made it out of Earth orbit because ...

A Soviet Venus probe that launched in 1972 and has been stuck orbiting Earth for 53 years is set to fall back to our planet next month. The craft is set to finally re-enter the atmosphere between 8 ...

Trump said that in addition to the Nov. 11 federal holiday, he was also going to rename May 8, a day widely celebrated as V-E Day, for Victory in Europe Day, as “Victory Day for World War II.” ...

VE Day commemorations will start on the May bank holiday on Monday May 5. The Cenotaph will be dressed in Union flags and there will be a military procession from Whitehall to Buckingham Palace ...