Such maps can also help us see the past and present with fresh eyes. For example, any alternate history is not simply a point of divergence, followed by seat-of-the-pants conjecture.

Dive into a detailed alternate history exploring what might have happened if the Soviet Union had joined the Axis Powers during World War II. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we examine the ...

Russia map vs USSR map: How Moscow once administrated Ukraine under the USSR VLADIMIR PUTIN is amassing Russian forces along the shared border with Ukraine, a country he appears to regard as part ...

The commies were ready to take over Central Park. A trove of secret, highly-detailed Soviet maps from the early 1980s shows street level views of New York, Washington, D.C., and other major cities … ...

When the Soviet Union finally collapsed in 1991, Russia lost a lot of its influence. Now Mr Putin appears intent on turning the clock back more than 30 years to the Soviet Union’s heyday.

Combs argues that Soviet leaders lived in an "alternate universe" whose character and content took form from the ideology they professed and suggests that their undoing occurred as a result of the ...

View Old USSR Listening Posts in a larger map. The world has been somewhat surprised by recent reports of the National Security Agency’s massive electronic spying operations around the globe.

For example, below is an alternate history map that looks like something out of The Economist magazine, followed by another lovingly-crafted map of what the Middle East might look like, if World ...