Yahoo

‘Miracle on Ice’ anniversary: See photos of U.S. Hockey’s win over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics

Millions of Americans who watched Team USA lose an overtime thriller to rival Canada in the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off hockey championship this week got a taste of what it was like in 1980 — but ...
Yahoo

Central Asia’s ‘Children of Independence’ Win Festival Plaudits, Look to Grow Nascent Post-Soviet Screen Biz

Three decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, an emerging generation of filmmakers born and raised in the independent countries of Central Asia is giving an exhilarating charge to the region’s ...
The Harvard Crimson

Soviet Effort to Win Neutral Students Hits Snag as Africans Protest Rules

In recent years the Soviet Union has been making a major effort to win friends among the students of the developing nations. Many of these young people will soon assume positions of influence in the ...
The National Interest

How the Soviet Union Planned To Win a Land War With NATO

Here’s What You Need to Know: Fortunately, the Soviet Union never had the chance to give this plan an actual go. There have been numerous discussions regarding how NATO could have defeated the Soviet ...
Reuters

Last Soviet leader Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies aged 91

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow ...