He has spent over 14 years covering the former Soviet Union. He speaks fluent Russian. A key safety system was turned off on a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional ...

Indeed there is reason to suspect that the real purpose in using them was less to force a Japanese defeat than to warn the Soviet Union to be amenable to American wishes in the construction of the ...

The 1994 Met Gala theme brought together themes of East Asian cultural fashion together with Western style. It was the last ...

Looking for something to do in New York? Enjoy laughs with Liza Treyger, learn about Clara Schumann, or see the Urban Bush ...

When I pitched a review of Hanoi’s massive new Vietnam Military History Museum to the Saigoneer editorial staff, I expected to find the museum somewhat boring. After all, although I am a historian, I ...

During the Cold War, Albanian leader Enver Hoxha scattered a colony of 175,000 concrete bunkers across the country. This is ...

A large part of his writing has focused on modern Russian history with a specific interest in Soviet ... The Soviet Union and the Space Race, the book will be published in two volumes by the ...

It is no exaggeration to state that without the Soviet Union modern politics in South Africa would have taken an entirely different ... long involvement in the struggle against the West provided ...

If any one day can attract more meanings than one day can handle, May Day has! Few would think of it as a religious holiday, not just because it’s not a day off in our country, but rather ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern Western ...

Alexei Ratmansky creates a joyful new “Paquita” for New York City Ballet, giving the dancers a classical frame in which to ...