As the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of collapse, hardline communists made a desperate bid to hold onto power. This is ...
Few moments in history shocked the world like the fall of the Soviet Union. Once a superpower commanding half the globe, the ...
Documents show desperate final Soviet leader fighting to retain power. Aug. 13, 2011 — -- Communist hardliners staged a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev 20 years ago, and the Soviet Union collapsed ...
Vladimir Putin's most recent rhetoric once again spotlights the degree to which the Russian president is driven by resentment over the Soviet Union's collapse. The 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union ...
MINSK, 25 June (BelTA) – After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO's existence was no longer justified, historian Yevgeny Spitsyn said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on ...
The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...
ANASEULI, Georgia (Reuters) -When Lika Megreladze was a child, life in her native western Georgian region of Guria revolved around tea. Her mother worked for decades as a scientist at the Soviet Union ...