Covering or removing a Soviet-era decoration is not destruction. Placing it in a museum is not destruction either, writes ...

"Viktor Koretsky (1909-1998) was a leading Soviet political poster artist and the acknowledged master of the Soviet photographic poster. With a long and prolific career that spanned the early Stalin ...

The Buran did fly in space – just once, in November 1988, not long before the Soviet Union collapsed. Its lone mission was uncrewed. The Buran relied on an automated launch sequence, rode on an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. From the streets of Moscow to the stars: Laika, the soviet ...