Soviet Union
The All-Girl Soldier Club: Child Warriors of Donetsk
VICE News follows the Vityaz Squad as they compete against other patriotic youth clubs at the Future Warrior Contest in Donetsk.
What Would Cities Look Like without Greedy Landlords and Property Development Sharks?
We interviewed Owen Hatherley, author of a book about what happens to architecture when you get rid of capitalists and real estate agents.
Jazz on Bones and X-Ray Audio: Chasing the Ghost of Soviet Russia's Most Dedicated Vinyl Bootlegger
How Soviet hipsters invented the first flexi discs...and were sent to the gulag for doing so.
Revisiting the Russian Cartoons of My Childhood
The VHS tapes I grew up with were a mix of classic American cartoons and Soviet-produced Russian cartoons. Looking back on them now, I can see how those cartoons shaped my cultural identity—and I realize that I didn't totally understand them.
Slava Fetisov and the Soviet Hockey Legacy
Slava Fetisov on coming of age as a phenom in The Soviet Union to breaking down the barrier for Russians in the NHL.
The Soviet Union Dumped a Bunch of Nuclear Submarines, Reactors, and Containers into the Ocean
Up until the early 1990s, the Soviet Union used the Kara and Barents Seas as a dumping ground, and now energy companies want to drill for oil and gas in those areas.
Slava Fetisov and the Soviet Hockey Legacy
Slava Fetisov on coming of age as a phenom in The Soviet Union to breaking down the barrier for Russians in the NHL.
Soviet Reunion: Putin's Answer to the EU Starts January 1 — But It's Already Being Challenged
The Eurasian Economic Union officially comes into being with the start of the new year, but the Russian economic crisis may force Moscow to temper its grand expectations for the alliance.
Russia Sentenced an Opposition Leader's Brother to a Labor Camp and It's Already Backfiring
This is likely to prove counter-productive—vindictive enough to anger Alexei Navalny, but not enough to silence him.
The Demystification of Venus
Forty-four years today, Venera 7 shattered the millennia-old illusion of Venus as a heavenly paradise. Good: paradises are dumb.
The Disgusting Stuff Desperate Russians Drank During Soviet Prohibition
Cologne, toothpaste, and industrial solvents all provided cheap thrills for Soviet citizens.
I Asked an Expert Which Gross Diseases I Should Panic About
"One of the scariest threats to me is pandemic flu."