In the latter half of the 20th century, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) was a massive state that, alongside the United States, divided the world and exerted influence globally ...

This video explores how Mikhail Gorbachev rebuilt his finances after the collapse of the Soviet Union left him without political power and facing a rapidly changing Russian economy. While his ...

President Ronald Reagan’s famous 1987 speech at the Berlin Wall is, for better or worse, where the contemporary American understanding of Russia begins and ends. That’s a shame because we have much to ...

It was years in the making, but when it actually came, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 occurred suddenly. In the immediate aftermath, the Russian people hoped for blue jeans and other Western ...