The Soviet secret: Why Russia dug the deepest hole on Earth and then sealed it

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed to explore the Earth's crust, revealing unexpected discoveries and ...
Jewish InsiderOpinion

The new book telling young Jews to take inspiration from Soviet Jewish dissidents

Izabella Tabarovsky’s ‘Be a Refusenik’ offers a productive mindset and practical ideas for Jewish students facing ...
Forbes

The Soviet Army Once Shot Its Own Troops For Retreating. The Russian Army Might Do The Same.

A Soviet machine gun team during World War II. After losing as many as 100,000 troops killed and wounded in Ukraine and forcibly drafting 300,000 unwilling men to replace them, the Russian army ...
Time

Mikhail Gorbachev Championed ‘Glasnost’ and ‘Perestroika.’ Here’s How They Changed the World

Countless words will be dedicated in the following days to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who died Aug. 30 at the age of 91. But throughout his obituaries, two specific words will likely be ...
Greek Reporter

The Ethnic Cleansing of Greeks in Stalin’s Soviet Union

On December 15, 1937, at the height of the Great Terror in Stalin's Soviet Union, the ethnic cleansing of thousands of Greeks ...
American Rifleman

Guns Of The Soviet Partisans In World War II

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Partisan bands had a rag-tag ...
jagranjosh.com

Do you know the difference between Soviet Union and Russia

The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was formed after the Civil war of 1921 as the World's first Marxist-Communist state in the world. After that it would become one of the biggest and most ...
RBTH

What was it like eating out during the Soviet Union? (PHOTOS)

The state took full responsibility for providing its citizens with daytime meals – the food was quick, cheap, and kept the engine running. People ate out in Imperial Russia too, but it was during the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Thirty Years Gone, the Soviet Union Is Not Quite Dead

Leonid Bershidsky, formerly Bloomberg Opinion’s Europe columnist, is a member of the Bloomberg News Automation Team. He recently published Russian translations of George Orwell’s “1984” and Franz ...
RBTH

How did the Soviet economy work and why did it fail?

The Soviet economy was the second largest in the world, but long queues and empty store shelves are the main things many people remember about it. Goods were cheap but there were constant shortages.
Investopedia

How Did the Soviet Economic System Affect Consumer Goods?

Andrew Ancheta is a finance editor who has reported extensively on cryptocurrency, NFTs, economics, and history. He previously worked as an editor for China Daily. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized ...