By Ruben Mirzakhanyan The infamous plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia in 1937 is a ...

The story of the Soviet leader’s time in power, his policies against Jews, and his relationship with Israel and Zionism ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to tolerate Soviet spheres of influence in central and eastern Europe. Many ...

For Women’s History Month, The National Interest is commencing a multi-part series honoring some of history’s most badass ...

To answer that question, we turn to former Sunday Times of London journalist Russell Miller in his 1984 book The Soviet Air ...

Chief of Russia’s General Staff, First Deputy Defense Minister Army General Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin on March 12 that Russian troops had liberated more than 1,100 square k ...

After clinging for more than seven months to a gradually shrinking area, Ukraine has seen its position worsen sharply in the ...

On May 2, 2011, teams of U.S. Navy SEALs landed in and around a compound in Abbottabad, deep inside Pakistan. Their mission that morning was to capture or kill the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama ...

Jewish Holocaust survivors suspected of being Soviet sympathizers were subject to the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act.

Hundreds of thousands of foreigners served in the Wehrmacht, most famously the Vlasov Army.

While it lasted, the Soviet Union was defined by many actions and ideas that captured the unique practices required to survive its politics. This quiz remembers a few.

Leinster centre Ringrose has been banned following his red card in Saturday’s 27-18 win over Wales for his high hit on Ben Thomas. He faced a potential six-game ban, but it was halved to three ...