USSR

How the 'Red Terror' Exposed the True Turmoil of Soviet Russia 100 Years Ago

By Danny Bird

President Trump, North Korea and a Brief History of Nuclear Threats

By David Kaiser

See the Vintage Soviet Movie Posters That Were Also Political Tools

By Yana Skorobogatov

When Khrushchev Said No to Pepsi but Yes to Peace

By Jennifer Latson
More in USSR

Why the First-Ever Spacewalk Was Kept Secret

It took place on March 18, 1965

By Lily Rothman

The Sad Story of Laika, the First Dog Launched Into Orbit

Nov. 3, 1957: The Soviet Union sends the first living creature into orbit

By Jennifer Latson

Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 17, 2014

Photojournalism Links is a compilation of the most interesting photojournalism found on the web, curated by Mikko Takkunen

By Mikko Takkunen

Why 'Aliens' 'Landed' in Russia 25 Years Ago

They had small heads and wore silver overalls, apparently

By Lily Rothman

Why Russia Won't Catch Up in the Space Race

It takes a lot of things to run a successful space program, but petulance, anger and impulsiveness are not among them. That's a lesson Vladimir Putin has to learn.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Haute Couture and the Cold War: Dior in Moscow, 1959

Muscovites who wandered into GUM, the USSR’s premier department store, one weekend in June 1959 were treated to an extraordinary scene: a trio of willowy French models, dressed in vibrantly colored Dior suits.

By Ben Cosgrove

Wrecked: Boris Mikhailov’s “Case History”

The photos in Boris Mikhailov’s book “Case History” form a raw and deeply felt response to the decline of his hometown of Kharkov, Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union. A selection of the...

By Myles Little

First Man in Space: Vintage Soviet Propaganda Glorifying Yuri Gagarin

Excerpts from a collection of postcards commemorating the Soviet cosmonaut’s historic journey into outer space fifty years ago.On April 12, 1961, a young Soviet pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the...

By Mark Rykoff
More from TIME
More From TIME