The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked a seismic shift in global politics. This documentary analyzes the key causes ...

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After World War II, the Soviet Union stood as a towering superpower, commanding a vast sphere of influence and projecting ...

Russian docmaker Vitaly Mansky asks Mikhail Gorbachev some tough questions — but even when he doesn't get answers, the results are remarkable. Even in his dotage, stooped and tissue-skinned and walker ...

On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Its collapse was gradual and, some would say, even inevitable. Here are some major milestones in the dissolution of the U.S ...

This week marks the 78th anniversary of the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, Japan. The film "Oppenheimer" has brought public attention to the scientific community that ...

At the end of the 1980s, protest movements across the Soviet Union sprung up, with people in the constituent republics calling for independence. Fed up with the broken, corrupt Soviet regime and ...

Sport is a natural metaphor for war. Two sides in two colors face each other on a field, each with their pride and their physical safety at risk. Their leaders scheme plans of attack, drawing arrows ...

In 2022, The Quiet Girl became the first film submitted by Ireland to be nominated in the category. The country has never won the international Oscar. Last year’s submission was Rich Peppiatt’s ...