Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A parade in Red Square, Moscow – a carefully choreographed display of Soviet power and unity that stood in contrast to the ...

According to various Russian state media accounts, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a pivotal role in ending the Cold War, died... The life and legacy of former Soviet leader Mikhail ...

Writer Sasha Vasilyuk was awarded on Tuesday the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her debut novel, “Your Presence Is Mandatory,” which explores the moral terrain of Jewish life in the ...

Seeing how people lived beyond the Iron Curtain made Tabarovsky dream of immigrating — an aspiration shared by many Jews in ...

Elizabeth Ellis of Rochester found her 1955 two-week stay in the Soviet Union to be “a wonderful educational experience.” However, she told the Post-Bulletin, “I wouldn’t suggest a trip to Russia for ...

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...

Some 200,000 Jewish refugees came to Germany after the fall of the USSR, and brought cultural traditions — like partying hard during Christmas. Thirty-three years ago, the Soviet Union collapsed, ...

Communication Director Andrew Hartwell peaks out from some Soviet era paintings including one where someone shot Lenin in the head and a Soviet farm girl at The Wende Museum in Culver City. (Photo by ...

Some misunderstandings can be remedied by a simple explanation. Others end friendships or marriages. The most frightening miscommunications are those between nuclear-armed superpowers. In October, ...

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As I listened to President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech Monday, I thought about Alexander Esenin-Volpin. It had been a morning of Trump updates that weren’t just upsetting, but also befuddling.