The new holiday aims at nothing less than the ideological entrenchment of the military within society—in preparation for new ...

A man takes a selfie next to a Soviet ML-20 howitzer at the WWII open-air museum at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 21, 2025, ahead of the ...

Poetry is sometimes closer to dramatic truth than history itself. Around 27 million Soviet citizens died in WWII, according to official estimates. Even though words can hardly wipe out the ...

What if history had taken a darker turn and the Soviet Union had allied with Nazi Germany in World War II? In this final part of the series, we explore whether the development and use of nuclear ...

BERLIN, June 21, 1941 (UP) - Following is the text of the German declaration by Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop: "I have this morning received the Ambassador of the Soviet Union and ...

The annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to yield multibillion-dollar deals and feature performances by global music stars. With the war in Ukraine still raging, the mood has shifted. By ...