The Soviet Union poured resources into a bomber program meant to rival the West, but the result was an embarrassing failure.

Political parties in Moldova are still using symbols of the past to play for power in the future. An abortive attempt to ban totalitarian symbols in Moldova has exposed the machinations of the ...

MOSCOW — The armored personnel carriers led the way, groaning in the cold sunlight past the cafes and boutiques of Tverskaya Street and, finally, over the vast cobblestone stretches of Red Square. The ...

Lithuania has urged American online retailer Amazon to stop selling clothing featuring the hammer and sickle and other Soviet symbols, which it says are offensive to victims of Soviet-era persecution.

After Belarus (slightly) updated its official crest, we had a look at some other former Soviet emblems, before and after independence. Uzbek S.S.R. All Soviet emblems were required to feature the ...

KYIV, Ukraine — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer and sickle symbol Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era emblem with ...

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