As part of its Women’s History Month coverage, The National Interest is publishing a multi-part series honoring some of ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But communicating across the Iron Curtain could be just as hard as sending messages ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority ... with the highest production in the Soviet Union during WWII, with an ...

In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...

Several Russian tanks adorned with Soviet-era red victory flags were destroyed by Ukrainian drones in Kursk, adding to ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost ... with his family when it was besieged by the Nazis during World War II. After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear ...

Fidel Castro's life story is not the story of the leader ... stood at the center of the dangerous game the United States, the Soviet Union and sometimes China played for political pre-eminence ...

Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering ... describes the daily life of a young woman who struggles to survive ...

Blunt confessed in 1964 to spying for the Soviet Union as part of the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring during World War II, but the queen ... he had lived a double life as a Soviet spy.