MINSK, 1 May (BelTA) - In the 1970s, the Soviet Union missed a strategic initiative because it expected to join the so-called Western community on equal terms, Russian historian, director of the ...

In 1971, the United States launched a secret satellite program called JUMPSEAT, which surveilled the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Before, during, and after the Cold War reconnaissance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By 1972, the race to put boots on the Moon was officially over, but the race to explore the wider solar system was in full swing.

The 1970s were pivotal years in the Cold War. The United States was at a low ebb, still reeling from the Vietnam War, social unrest, assassinations, and major political scandals. Meanwhile, the Soviet ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Su-17s left Russian service alongside their MiG-23BN and MiG-27 counterparts during defense reforms during the 1990s and 2000s as single-engine aircraft were not ...

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

Today we take a break from the serious and often depressing international news beat to bring you the sound's of Soviet Central Asia in the 1970's and 80's. Our Moscow correspondent introduces us to an ...

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