A Soviet sea, killed by an obsession with 'white gold'

In 1990, National Geographic went to the Soviet Union to report on one of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th ...
Phys.org

Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?

"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an American student in St. Petersburg, and he was referring to the United States.
The Nation

Sovietology and the End of the Cold War

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race

Could the moon landing have been an international program? Roger D. Launius President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. National Archives and ...
The New York Times

In Georgia’s Depressed Heartland, Pining for the Soviet Past

While most Georgians support closer integration with Western Europe, many people in industrial areas that collapsed along with Communism in the 1990s express nostalgia for the old Soviet prosperity.
Foreign Affairs

The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

Strausbaugh reexamines the familiar topic of the Soviet Union’s initial lead in the space race with the United States, an advantage that lasted from 1957, with the launch of Sputnik, the first ...
Kotaku

Sector 40: The Soviet Legacy

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sector 40: The Soviet Legacy Sector 40 is a fictional discovery game with a slightly sinister atmosphere. Have an adventure in the darkness of Siberia and ...