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Vladimir Putin said he drove a taxi for extra cash after the Soviet Union's fall
Putin mourned the collapse of the Soviet Union in a documentary aired Sunday, and said he took the …
Matthew Loh
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Russia and Poland are sniping at each other on Twitter over who actually invaded Poland in WWII
Russia has attempted to rewrite history, saying World War II didn't actually start until 1941 and r…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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PHOTO: Fidel Castro, wearing two Rolexes, lighting a cigar while visiting the USSR for the first time
This photo from Castro's 40-day visit to the USSR features Khrushchev and a bunch of Soviets smilin…
Amanda Macias
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Success rate of lunar missions is a little over 50% as per NASA database
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the technically challenging soft landin…
PTI
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PHOTO: Fidel Castro, wearing 2 Rolexes, lighting a cigar while visiting the USSR for the first time
Two months after the Kennedy administration barred Americans from any transactions with Cuba, Sovie…
Amanda Macias
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Half-Ukrainian, Half-Russian Protester Addresses Crimea Misconceptions In Shockingly Honest AMA
2positive's Ukrainian grandfather had six siblings, all of whom died during the Holodomor, a forced…
Christina Sterbenz
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Eerie photos show an abandoned Soviet spacecraft originally built for the Cold War
The two shuttles, both a part of the Buran project (buran means blizzard in Russian), are located i…
Sarah Jacobs
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Vintage Travel Posters Show A Softer Side Of The Soviet Union
"Through Intourist's posters you really see this country that never existed," curator and director …
Megan Willett
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Old men helped cause the Soviet Union's collapse. Historians say it's a warning sign for the United States.
The United States' leadership has more in common with the last years of the USSR than they care to …
John Haltiwanger
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This GIF shows a time-lapse of the world's peak testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
However, peak testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere - the most potentially dangerous type of…
Jeremy Bender
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Scott Kelly just spent a year in space - but his mission wasn't the longest ever
NASA's ultimate goal is to use the lessons learned from ISS missions like Scott Kelly's Year in Spa…
Rebecca Harrington,Skye Gould
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Raymond Weil’s Beatles themed luxury Swiss watch is every gadget freak’s dream
An impressive drum with the official Beatles logo decorates the top of the box while the inside fea…
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I ordered the same meal at a McDonald's in Moscow and New York City, and the Russian location was a step up from the American one
Now, the American fast-food chain has at least 650 locations throughout the country. McDonald's is …
Katie Warren
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Putin resorts to USSR tactics to hide unemployment
"There's a problem of growing underemployment where people are being put in part time or with part-…
Barbara Tasch
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Before Mikhail Gorbachev's death, a close friend said the former USSR president was 'upset' at the state of Russia and felt his 'life's work' was ruined
Mikhail Gorbachev helped end the Cold War and usher in a new age of warmer relationships between Mo…
Ashley Collman
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Trump claims Putin invaded Ukraine to rebuild the Soviet Union, which he said was 'full of love'
Trump speculated about the reasons for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and described the repressive So…
Tom Porter
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Subtle but biting criticism from inside Russia describes how Moscow could still recover from its blunders in Ukraine
Opinion: An April article in a Russian magazine makes a bold critique of the Kremlin and may offer …
Lyle Goldstein, Defense Prior…
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This Map Explains Why Ukraine Is So Divided Over Russia
As you can see, the west of Ukraine (including the capital of Kiev) is all predominantly Ukrainian-…
Harrison Jacobs
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How the CEO of Pepsi, by bartering battleships and vodka, negotiated Cold War diplomacy and brought his soda to the Soviet Union
With nothing more than charm and a high school diploma, Don Kendall schmoozed his way into the most…