In the 1980s, the Soviet Union unveiled the Buran, a massive space shuttle built to rival NASA’s own. With an almost identical design but unique capabilities, it became a Cold War symbol of ambition ...

Igor Dyatlov was a tinkerer, an inventor, and a devotee of the wilderness. Born in 1936, near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), he built radios as a kid and loved camping. When the Soviet Union launched ...

The EU has learned the decision to refuse and revoke entry visas for members of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization ahead of their participation in the United Nations ...

He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama. By Jonathan Kandell Rodion Shchedrin, a leading Russian ...

Robben Island Museum opened a new exhibition that tells the story of how Cuba and the Soviet Union helped Southern Africa fight for freedom. The exhibition is called Solidarity in Action – Honouring ...

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In contrast with the image of the Soviet artist as a tortured soul in the mould of Shostakovich, he composed cheerful works including Three Merry Pieces (1997) for piano trio. Shchedrin (giving a ...

I was arrested after refusing to remove my Union flag – I thought I’d be the next Lucy Connolly Sarah White hit the headlines when she was arrested at a protest outside a migrant hotel, but she feels ...

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