The Soviet leadership responded to the Western allies' currency reforms by installing their own new currency in East Berlin just 24 hours before the West mark was to go into circulation.

The final weeks of April 1945 saw Soviet troops advance on Berlin, bringing World War II in Europe to an end. Amid the Soviet onslaught and the confused Nazi retreat, Russian troops found ways to ...

enjoying the summer sun against the dramatic background of bombed-out Berlin. The exhibit features works by the likes of prominent Soviet artists such as Ilya Arons and Valery Ginzburg ...