The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...

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Mr. Patterson, who was born in Moscow and spent most of his life in Russia, came to Washington after the collapse of the Soviet Union and to live closer to his father’s relatives. His one high ...

Discover the Mil V-12, a groundbreaking helicopter that holds the title of the largest rotorcraft ever built. Created in the late 1960s by the Mil design bureau, the V-12 was designed as a heavy ...

To that end, [msylvain59] has been kind enough to give us a look inside the Elektronika MK-26—a calculator built in the former Soviet Union. There’s lots of interesting stuff to see from the ...

As the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995, he reshaped late-Soviet-era dance.Credit...Nikolay Vinokurov/Alamy Live News Supported by By Brian Seibert Yuri Grigorovich ...

Moscow metro unveils new Stalin monument Some Russians say it's important to remember Stalin Critics say his victims should be honoured instead MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - A monument to Soviet ...

Investigators suspect that K.G.B. operatives, working undercover in Brazil during the last years of the Soviet Union, may have filed birth certificates in the names of fictitious newborns ...

Nuclear Lake was formed on 23 February 1971 when the Soviet Union simultaneously fired three nuclear devices buried 127m (417ft) underground. The yield of each device was 15 kilotonnes (about the ...

The Soviet Union had been launching Kosmos spacecraft ten years before Kosmos 482. Kosmos 482 was a sister probe to the successful Venera . Since then, dozens of other missions have been launched ...

Transport Fever 3 is on the way. And now, 20th-century city builder Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic is winding back the clock with its new Early Start DLC, which lets you approach your ...