Russia
Russia Says Hole in International Space Station Was Drilled
Authorities are unsure whether tiny hole in a Soyuz capsule was created in a production facility on the ground or on board the ISS
An Immersive Art Installation Will Temporarily Resurrect the Berlin Wall
This fall, event organizers plan on constructing a pseudo-city within a block of Berlin in order to emulate life in an unfamiliar country
How to Cipher Like a Soviet
See if you can figure out how the American code-breakers unraveled the complexities of the Russian codebook
The Women Code Breakers Who Unmasked Soviet Spies
At the height of the Cold War, America’s most secretive counterespionage effort set out to crack unbreakable ciphers
Why the USSR's First Nuclear Submarine Was a Disaster
The U.S. developed the world's first nuclear submarine in 1954 - and the USSR felt pressured to respond
Ancient Roundworms Allegedly Resurrected From Russian Permafrost
Skeptics cite possibility of ancient samples’ contamination by contemporary organisms
Doubts Swirl Over Claims of Gold-Filled Russian Shipwreck
It is far from certain that the <i>Dmitrii Donskoi</i> would have—or could have— carried such a huge hoard of gold
DNA Analysis Confirms Authenticity of Romanovs' Remains
Will Russia's fallen royal family finally receive a full burial from the Orthodox Church?
Fifty Years Ago, Airline Diplomacy Sought to Bring the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Closer Together
Hopes for a Cold War détente were sky high when the first American and Soviet flights took off 50 years ago
A Century Ago, the Romanovs Met a Gruesome End
Helen Rappaport’s new book investigates if the family could have been saved
New Evidence Shows That Humans Could Have Migrated to the Americas Along the Coast
Dating of rocks and animal bones shows Alaska's coast was glacier free around 17,000 years ago, allowing people to move south along the coast
Expert Says He's Found New Clues Into Location of Long-Lost Frida Kahlo Painting
‘La Mesa Herida’ was last seen in Poland in 1955
Man Attacks Ivan the Terrible Painting, Blames Vodka
The painting has been a focal point of recent debate around the notorious tsar’s image
Chernobyl Puppies Going Up for Adoption in the U.S.
Now in quarantine, the pups are expected to come to the U.S. this summer in search of their forever homes
Charlie Russell, a Naturalist Who Lived Among Bears, Has Died at 76
He hoped to show that bears are not inherently aggressive animals
The Surprising Story of the American Girl Who Broke Through the Iron Curtain
Samantha Smith was only 10 when she wrote to Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov about the Cold War. In response, he invited her for a visit
The Literary Salon That Made Ayn Rand Famous
Seventy-five years after the publishing of ‘The Fountainhead’, a look back at the public intellectuals who disseminated her Objectivist philosophy
The Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-Way Trip Into Orbit
A stray Moscow pup traveled into orbit in 1957 with one meal and only a seven-day oxygen supply
Why Orange Snow Fell Over Eastern Europe
It had to do with storms in North Africa
Where to See the Fabled Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs
Remnants of a vanished past, Fabergé Easter eggs live on in museums and collections across the world
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