Soviet Union

"We had a general standing philosophy from the beginning, which was: Accuracy is everything to us."

Many Soviet children grew up loving the sweetness, texture, and slight metallic twang of Hematogen bars—without knowing what was in them.

The expensive attempt was largely a mechanical failure, but it was still one of the stranger covert ops in US history.

The United Nations may not formally recognise the country's independence, but 500,000 Transnistrians deserve to be seen.

Ivan Chistyakov was living a modern life in the city, working as an engineer and checking out plays and movies. Then he got shipped off to Siberia.

In 1987, the piano man tried to bridge the gap between the US and the Soviet Union, and threw an onstage tantrum in the process.

Ex-Soviet Belarus only began accepting visa-free tourists this year. I had to explore one of the hardest-drinking, most WWII-nostalgic countries on Earth.

Russia's 1985 ban on alcohol proved disastrous for the economy, but it was a great time for lovers of beautiful anti-alcohol posters.

While the Klitschko brothers are household names, far fewer people know about the exploits of their father. Not only did he raise two legends of boxing, he also bore witness to one of the most famous disasters in human history.

The new book, <i>Finks</i>, reveals how great writers such as Baldwin, Márquez and Hemingway became soldiers in America's cultural Cold War.

25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, many Georgians are struggling to survive in the new economy. In the outskirts of the capital, Tbilisi, over 150 families are forced by necessity to live in an abandoned military hospital.

Vania the Bear and friends head to the countryside to hunt radioactive hellrats in exchange for discount coupons.