It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 into 15 separate countries. And what a ride it’s been. The ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed on Christmas Day in 1991, a wave of euphoria washed over the West. Barely two years had elapsed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and suddenly, the Cold War was over.

Just over a decade later, while the Soviet Union was falling apart, Metallica played one of the largest rock concerts of all ...

On the night of 9th November 1989, the infamous Berlin Wall was dismantled by some hopeful East Berliners, who rejoiced to see its end, and ...

Nazi Germany had invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 and killed an estimated 25 million of the country's civilians and military. But now, Adolf Hitler's Germany was on its knees. A depleted and ...

It marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Communist dictatorship in East Germany, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union ...

The wall, which separated East and West Germany, stood for 28 years before it was torn down in 1989. #EuropeNews ...

But Brezhnev, who manoeuvred himself into power in Khrushchev's stead, learned from the fall of his predecessor and tightened his grip on the levers of power . Yet the Soviet Union – thanks in ...