The story of the Soviet computer industry is one of ambition, innovation, and eventual failure. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union sought to match, and even surpass, Western technological ...

Ray Takeyh: In some ways, Iran resembles the Soviet Union of the 1970s, a bloated state that eschewed reforms and eventually brought about its own collapse.

In the Soviet Union, however, the kind of provocative lyrics and performances being seen in America were simply not possible: Anything even remotely sexual or suggestive would be censored.

LONDON — Immediately after Josef V. Stalin died in March 1953, the new leaders of the Soviet Union, preoccupied until then with strategies for their own self-preservation, woke up to the fact ...

Soviet - Afghan War - The USSR's Downfall. Posted: February 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. The collapse of the Soviet Empire came suddenly, mostly due to the invasion of Afghanistan.

Donald Trump Jr. Posts Nike, Soviet Union Meme Amid Colin Kaepernick Controversy. Tim Daniels Jul 3, 2019. Donald Trump Jr., the son of United States President Donald Trump, ...

Initially, the CIA was suspicious of Soviet aviation expert Adolf Tolkachev. But he earned the agency's trust — and provided blueprints, documents and plans that were crucial to the U.S.

News of Mikhail Gorbachev's death resurfaced old Pizza Hut and Louis Vuitton ads in which the Soviet Union's final leader starred, and have since become viral memes.

Everything you need to know about the Soviet Union . Everything you need to know ... This conflict claimed the lives of 14,500 Soviet troops and was one of the main factors in the USSR’s downfall.

In the subreddit r/economiccollapse, users are preparing for a Soviet Union-type fall of the US economy, writes Business Insider's Jennifer Sor.From investing in defense stocks to refusing to hold ...

By April 1983, Samantha Smith, now 10, was worried as Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union raised the threat of nuclear confrontation.