This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. As the world reels from Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. In his televised speech to the Russian nation on Feb. 21, ...

The first casualty of war, says historian Ronald Suny, is not just the truth. Often, he says, “it is what is left out.” Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full-scale attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24 ...

This year, 2016, will mark the twentieth-fifth anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union from the political map of the world. A quarter of a century ago, the menace of Soviet-led communism, which had ...

Reason's December special issue marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This story is part of our exploration of the global legacy of that evil empire, and our effort to be ...

One day in 1985, an eighteen-year-old named Riho Terras turned up at the Soviet armed forces’ large conscript assessment facility in Tallinn, some two hours from his hometown of Kohtla-Järve in ...

WASHINGTON — Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine? That’s the question on many minds as Russia’s invasion of the former Soviet republic continues. The answer involves a mix ...

Immigrants from the former Soviet bloc were never a monolith, but they bonded over shared language and history. Now, they are shifting away from being seen as one group. By Miriam Jordan LOS ANGELES — ...