But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features ... “Motherland monument” when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The change is just one part of a long effort in ...

Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

The streets of Berlin were devastated beyond recognition in some areas as 33-year-old photographer William Vandivert was led ...

The following is the last of a series of seven articles on “Under the Hammer and Sickle,” a reappraisal of the Jewish position in the Soviet Union. The author, Dr. David Goldberg, is a well ...

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

The CCCP partially visible underneath the hammer and sickle is Cyrillic and stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (known in English as the USSR). "Meanwhile two wrestlers and an Irish man ...