The propaganda drive includes “Important Conversations,” an hourlong lesson every week that involves the raising of the Russian flag while ... she teaches her own custom-made history courses ...

From strange job titles that used to exist in the royal palaces to unique positions that still exist today, only the royals ...

Despite VE Day being held on May 8, the announcement of the end of the Second World War was made on the ... hung out bunting and flags. People also bought US and Soviet Union flags to celebrate ...

Despite VE Day being held on May 8, the announcement of the end of the Second World War was made on the evening of May ... People poured into pubs and hung out bunting and flags. People also bought US ...

In March 1982, our school magazine emerged with a tongue-in-cheek questionnaire of our senior management team. What, went one query, had been their childhood ambition? ‘Artist,’ improbably ...

Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less complex and far cheaper to produce—but could ...

Between 1961 and 1989, 37 attempts were made but only 22 were successful (less than 60 per cent). Failures included the first 11 tries by the Soviet Union, and the first attempt by the United ...

These days, we are celebrating the decisive contribution of the Soviet Union to the victory over Hitler ... a legendary Soviet-made battle tank. His expertise and persistence enabled the creation ...

A probe launched from the Soviet Union more than five decades ago has ... Planetary lander Kosmos 482 never made it to Earth's sister planet because it was dragged off course after a malfunction ...