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Soviet Collective Farmland Falling Into Disuse Is Accidentally Locking Up Tons of Carbon
The fallow land has been locking away the equivalent of 10 percent of Russia's CO2 emissions from fossil fuels.
A Visit to the Shell of the Bomb
One of the Titan II missile silos is still open to visitors, and it's a blast.
Why the U.S. Is Building a High-Tech Bubonic Plague Lab in Kazakhstan
Studying bioweapons in a former Soviet nation.
God's Gift: The Eerie Soviet Military Complex Hidden in the Czech Republic
There’s a little bit of the Soviet empire left in the middle of the Czech Republic, but it’s abandoned, decaying, and almost completely forgotten.
The Soviet Ghost Town in the Czech Republic
There’s a little bit of the Soviet empire left in the middle of the Czech Republic, but it’s abandoned, decaying, and forgotten. How could two towns, one Czech and one Russian, exist without the residents knowing about each other? If you’ve got enough...
Killer Ukrainian Dolphins Are Reportedly on the Loose
Wait a minute, rewind. Killer Ukrainian Dolphins? Yes.
Jack White Is Pressing His Next Record Project on Old Medical X-Rays
Another day, another unequivocally cool side project from Jack White and his boutique record label, Third Man Records.
Laika, the "Muttnik" Dog Who Died So We Could Go To Space
Fifty four years ago this week, on November 3rd 1957, the Soviet government launched Sputnik 2. Inside was Laika, the first traveler to voyage beyond our planet's protective embrace. Alongside the specter of Soviet domination and world war, her mission...
My Awkward First Date in the Abandoned Soviet Military Complex
Because rubble is the biggest aphrodisiac of them all.
Leninist Christmas Utopia Theme Parks Aren't Built in a Day
What you're looking at is not just a collection of weird little communist cars, dilapidated slaughterhouses, and idly grazing livestock. It is actually the site upon which will one day stand Europe's No. 1 Leninist Christmas Utopia.
The Newsreel Americans Saw After the Soviets Sent a Man to Space
Two days after Gagarin's historic orbit around the Earth, this newsreel, headlined "Soviets Hail Space Hero," gave Americans a look at Moscow in the throes of jubilation as the Soviets defeated the West in the early laps of the space race. "Films like...