Did the Soviets really build a tank with wings? Discover the true story of the Antonov A-40, a bizarre 1942 experiment that ...

Explore how the Soviet command economy led to consumer goods shortages, impacting daily life. Understand government production priorities and market limitations.

Soviet-style photocopier restrictions ultimately failed because they were intrusive and unwieldy, and people committed to evading them. Controls on 3D printers are destined to meet the same end. The ...

Much of its gear and training had Soviet fingerprints all over it. The generals watching from Moscow could reasonably believe ...

This episode examines whether the Soviet Union fits the political definition of an empire. It analyzes the USSR as a multiethnic, centralized state exercising authority over diverse nationalities. The ...

Summary: The T-60S bomber was a highly ambitious Soviet aircraft project aimed at modernizing their intermediate-range bomber fleet, replacing older models like the Su-24 and Tu-22M. Originating from ...

The Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, which entered service in 1949, represented one of the most glaring episodes of intellectual property theft in aviation history. Although the Cold War ...

From the collapse of the Berlin Wall to the most recent proclamations from Washington's foreign policy think tanks, a persistent illusion has shaped American strategic thinking: the belief that ...

Lawmakers in Russia’s State Duma have approved in the first reading a bill introducing amendments to the Criminal Code that would establish criminal liability for: ...

In a historic former Soviet reserve in the magnificent Uzbek mountains, Michaela Strachan and India Latham find rare signs of ...