This remarkable documentary was filmed at a high school in Karabash, a heavily polluted town in central southern Russia.

In May 1960 an American U-2 spy plane flew over Russian missile sites. The US thought it was beyond the reach of Soviet air defences. They were wrong. Sixty-five years later, what's changed?

History’s warning The Trump administration’s early and direct intervention into higher education governance echoes historical attempts to bring universities under state influence or control.

Jerusalem Post Opinion Life lessons: My Passover in Soviet unfreedom - opinion The history of Soviet Jewish refuseniks demonstrates Jewish resilience throughout the generations. By GIL TROY APRIL ...

It's been 80-years since the liberation of the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. The anniversary was marked this past week with International Holocaust Rememberance Day.

First, surprises happen. The demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 was not remotely inevitable and could have been avoided at many points. Nonetheless, it did happen, despite the best intentions of the ...

When the ascent of Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary in 1985 brought promises of serious reforms, the Soviet Union soon collapsed and was dissolved in 1991. The long Cold War was over.

Indeed, how fragile all empires have been and are yet today. There are many lessons the world can learn from this. Here are some of the lessons that the wreckage of the Soviet Union leaves us to learn ...

Putin’s History Lessons The Russian leader has convinced his countrymen that Russia and Ukraine were always one, laying the rhetorical groundwork for a forever war. by Lauren Wolfe January 16, 2024 ...