The collapse of the USSR was a product of the unravelling of the post-war order and the intensification of the fundamental contradiction of capitalism between world economy and the bankrupt nation ...

For the episode of the Founder CEO, I spoke with Michal Borkowski, the visionary behind Brainly, a global education technology platform revolutionizing how students learn and collaborate.

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It was 1987 when the journey home began. Upon arrival in Crimea, I immersed myself in those beautiful memories of my ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s plunged the country into chaos and caused massive inequality between rich and poor. Since President Vladimir Putin assumed office in 2000 ...

The end of the Cold War By the beginning of the 1980s, the Soviet Union faced several challenges. The taking down of the Berlin Wall in 1989 kick-started the fall of the Soviet Union.

Timothy Ryback’s memorable book “Rock Around the Bloc” recounted how Elton John famously shook Moscow way back in 1979, ...

After the unexpected collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there was an urgent necessity to preserve the relations between Russia and Africa.

The past 100 years have seen another world war and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, but much of present-day Europe is based on the lines drawn following the conflict sparked by Princip's bullet.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan have remained in Russia’s sphere of influence. Over time, Bekenova developed a deep affection for “The Irony of ...