The USSR, or Soviet Union, was one of the most influential and complex political entities of the 20th century. This video offers a detailed summary of the USSR’s history using engaging maps to ...

Drawing on graph paper with blue grid background and a black outline of the Soviet Union at lower right with rectilinear border added in graphite. Above, four additional representations of the Soviet ...

A Soviet map of San Diego from 1980 (top) shows the buildings at the U.S. Naval Training Center and Marine Corps Recruiting Depot in more detail than does the USGS map published in 1979 (bottom).

When the Soviet Union finally collapsed in 1991, Russia lost a lot of its influence. Now Mr Putin appears intent on turning the clock back more than 30 years to the Soviet Union’s heyday.

The commies were ready to take over Central Park. A trove of secret, highly-detailed Soviet maps from the early 1980s shows street level views of New York, Washington, D.C., and other major cities … ...

After the Soviet Union crumbled in the early 1990s, something altogether eerie was discovered. Hundreds and thousands of maps of countries and cities throughout the world had been drawn up by ...

Russian officers with Soviet and Russian flags during the Victory Day Parade at Red Square on May 9, 2022 in Moscow, Russia. Guests on the Russia state TV discussed the Soviet Union's achievements ...