"Everyone was equal," the kerchiefed babushka of Eli from Russia — a YouTuber who documents everyday life and regional culture across the Russian Federation — tells her granddaughter wistfully, ...

The film explores the complexities of life in the Soviet Union during the post-Stalin era, highlighting the contrast between the technological advancements and the persistent influence of traditional ...

For most of us in the West, until the fall of the Berlin Wall “Russia” was synonymous with the Soviet Union. Among the 15 constituent states of the Communist empire, Russia was always the pre-eminent ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In a musty basement ...

Communication Director Andrew Hartwell peaks out from some Soviet era paintings including one where someone shot Lenin in the head and a Soviet farm girl at The Wende Museum in Culver City. (Photo by ...

A s Olga Grushin notes at the end of "The Line," her second novel is rooted in historical fact: "In 1962, the celebrated Russian composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky accepted a Soviet invitation to ...

Vagrich Bakhchanyan, ‘Accidental Absurdity,’ installation view (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Art exhibitions, like literary works, come in different genres. Some resemble ...

I heard an apocryphal story several years ago that went something like: Americans had tried to export reality TV and game shows to post-Soviet Russia, but nobody watched them because nobody in Russia ...

BOSTON—A Soviet committee created to reduce bureaucracy and increase efficiency within the scientific establishment has received more than 5,000 letters by citizens from all walks of Soviet life. Last ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Over Nikita Khrushchev’s grave at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery stands a memorial made of two interlocking ...