The Cold War on MSN

How the Soviet collapse created a country that officially doesn’t exist

As the Soviet Union collapsed, tensions between Moldova and the separatist region of Transnistria escalated into open warfare. The decisive fighting around Bender brought heavy weapons and the former ...
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Soviet laser tanks vanished when the USSR collapsed

The Soviet Union built real laser tanks to blind enemy optics and disrupt helicopters. From the 1K11 Stilet to the 1K17 Szhatie, these secret vehicles pushed laser warfare further than most people ...
Communist Party of Australia

Fear Before the Fall. Horror films in the late Soviet Union

Horror Films in the Late Soviet Union by Alexander Herbert (2023) is a fascinating study of how Soviet filmmakers channelled ...

The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully ...
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Former Reachout director recalls helping set up Ukrainian hotlines after USSR collapse

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. POTSDAM – Reachout's former executive director Karen Easter didn't just train over 4,000 volunteers to help people in crisis in St ...
The Week

The ghost of the USSR: How the Soviet legacy shapes modern Russia

Three decades after Communism’s collapse, the Soviet mindset still shapes Russia’s politics, identity and future ...