Menu Close

Articles on Soviet Union (USSR)

Displaying 1 - 20 of 247 articles

Cuban President Fidel Castro watches former U.S. President Jimmy Carter throw a baseball on May 14, 2002, in Havana, Cuba. Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photography/Getty Images

The splendid life of Jimmy Carter – 5 essential reads

Beloved in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter became the 39th US president and used his office to make human rights a priority throughout the world.
Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons on Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

Canada’s House speaker quits: What the Hunka scandal reveals about Second World War complexities

Russia seeks evidence in western countries that justifies its anti-Ukraine propaganda, and Canadian Parliament has provided it with much-needed ammunition for a tired and erroneous argument.
Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, seated with his Eastern Christian queen Doquz Khatun. History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

With fewer than 1,500 Catholics in Mongolia, Pope Francis’ upcoming visit brings attention to the long and complex history of the minority religious group

The Catholic community that Pope Francis will visit later this month has a complex history that goes back to the 13th century, when the Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan.
Preparations in 1972 in the Red Square to mark the 55th anniversary of the Russian revolution. Peter Phipp/Travelshots.com/Alamy

How the Soviet century wrote itself into the Moscow cityscape

A monumental book, newly translated into English, describes in painstaking, archeological detail, how the socialist project transformed the spaces in which Soviet citizens lived.
Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, in June 2023, following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

The destroyed Kakhovka dam once symbolized Russian-Ukrainian harmony

The Kakhovka Dam was once a symbol of harmony and co-operation among Russia and various Soviet Union republics. Its destruction vividly illustrates the death of those Soviet-era ideals.

Top contributors

More