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

September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War Two in Europe.  On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched an ...

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

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 ...

Russia held a ceremony in its Far East region on Thursday to mark the former Soviet Union's victory over Japan during World ...

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 ...

Ukraine is a small country compared to Russia - but it punched above its weight when it came to political influence within ...

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.

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 ...