Discover Harry Dexter White's role in shaping the postwar global economy through the Bretton Woods Agreement and the controversy surrounding his alleged Soviet espionage.

In 100 years of life, Dorothea Schade survived a Soviet gulag after World War II and immigrated to America for a better life.

Julia Ioffe has created a riveting red history of the Soviet Union through a colourful cast of remarkable women: some of them public figures attached to political power (politburo men), and others who were private citizens who played fundamental roles in the formation of the communist state,

December 30 marks a curious footnote in Soviet history that sounds almost absurd today: in 1932, Soviet authorities moved to ban or suppress publications and guidance

From 2013 to 2015, Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko traveled thousands of miles to some of the most remote regions of the country to photograph once-proud structures of the Soviet Union that have fallen into ruin. The collection, titled Restricted ...

Auburn football coach Alex Golesh was born in Moscow, and his family fled the Soviet Union in 1991. Here's what he said about that life-changing move.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of death was not immediately released, but Gorbachev's office had ...

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the largest nuclear weapon ever built - the Tsar Bomba, a 50-megaton monster so powerful it was felt around the globe. The explosion was 3,800 times stronger than Hiroshima and nearly blinded observers a thousand kilometers away.