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Norway's proximity to the USSR in the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases.
The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle, featuring innovations like automated flight and superior ...
Vladislav Zubok’s monumental account is not just history, but a reassessment of a stand-off that still shapes geopolitics today ...
A declassified Cold War-era file from the CIA has gone viral over its coverage of a supposed clash between Soviet soldiers ...
A Cold War-era CIA document has resurfaced online, recounting a bizarre incident in which Soviet troops allegedly engaged ...
“In our notes to three governments that led the aggression against ... of the most infamous moments in Cold War history. Enraged by Western criticism of Soviet policies, particularly regarding ...
It is the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan compelled largely by the failure of the Soviet economy that led to the ...
Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's Most Valuable Cold War Spy Inside the KGB, Dies at 86 LONDON (AP) — Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly ...
Dick Carlson, a former journalist who led the Voice of America ... and the looming breakup of the Soviet Union that marked the end of the Cold War. He later served as ambassador to the Indian ...