As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists ...

Gov. Gregg Abbott of Texas, who has said that that he would place a “100% tariff” on New Yorkers moving to the Lone Star ...

Built in the shadows of the Cold War, Buran was the USSR’s ultimate answer to NASA’s Space Shuttle – bigger, more versatile, ...

We at Russia Beyond cover this extremely fascinating time of history often, so we’ve put together your guide to the Soviet Union with our most noteworthy articles. Probably the first thing you ought ...

Serious, low-grade patriotism can become a modern alternative to the ideology of the Soviet Union. This was announced on November 5 by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Council on ...

Former Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Viktor Yakunin has died at the age of 95. This was announced on November 6 by the press ...

How was the UN created? Initial planning began in 1939, when it became clear that the League of Nations had failed in its job ...

Many today forget that the Soviet Union was a frontrunner in several areas of life at a time when much of the Western world still somewhat lagged behind. Even before the formation of the USSR, the ...

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Most of us would equate commercial airline travel with fixed-wing aircraft, but civilian transport by helicopter, especially in large and sparsely populated regions, is common enough. It was once even ...

Could Mikhail Gorbachev, as Soviet premier during the late 1980s, have resuscitated the Soviet economy and prevented his country’s dissolution? That’s the question Yale’s Chris Miller deftly answers ...

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