At an incredible seven miles deep, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is an impressive achievement of engineering and a small ...

The Soviet R-7 began as the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, designed to travel thousands of miles carrying ...

On 2 September 1991, the Congress of People’s Deputies voted for the dissolution of the Soviet Union, allowing its republics to opt for independence ...

Iran is weaker now than the USSR was in 1985 as its economic lifelines are strangled. Could this be the end for Tehran's ...

From a Cold War nuclear programme to the modern race for rare earth magnets, this quiet Estonian city can’t escape ...

Originally produced eight decades ago, the impact of the IS-2 Heavy Tank still reverberates today. The formidable armored vehicle was vital to the Soviet Union during two of its most important ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died in Moscow, on Tuesday, at the age of ninety-one. In the last two decades of his life, he rarely granted interviews. So, in 2010, when he ...

The events of August 1991 led to the Soviet Union, and President Gorbachev, being consigned to the history books. Malcolm Brinkworth explains what really happened during those final days. Just over ...

More than 400 gold bars were on their way to the U.S. as payment for war materials when German ships sunk the HMS Edinburgh.

The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving. Security experts say the .su Internet suffix assigned to the USSR in 1990 has turned into ...

Fifteen years after setting a world record in the English Channel, 30-year-old American endurance swimmer Lynne Cox entered the 38°F (3.3°C) waters of the Bering Strait and completed a historic ...