Uncover the factors behind the USSR’s economic collapse, including command economy flaws, ineffective reforms, and ...

Sergei Krikalev watched the Soviet Union collapse from 200 miles above Earth, unsure when he would ever come home. Then, ...

Throughout history, empires and nations have risen to immense power only to fall, sometimes suddenly, often after centuries of dominance. The collapse of these countries reshaped political boundaries, ...

Anne Applebaum, a journalist and Pulitzer-prize winning author, began her lecture on Soviet totalitarianism by reading aloud the anthem of the East German Communist Party. The song extolls the virtues ...

Vladimir Putin's most recent rhetoric once again spotlights the degree to which the Russian president is driven by resentment over the Soviet Union's collapse. The 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union ...

November 8, 2025: Russian leader Vladimir Putin believes it was a mistake to break up the Soviet Union in 1991 and many Russians agree with him. The fourteen new nations created or revived when the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — The world held its breath 30 ...

December 14, 2025: Russian civilians can no longer ignore the Ukraine War. The economic cost of the war has continued. Ukrainian drone attacks on economic targets inside Russia and diversion of more ...