For most of us in the West, until the fall of the Berlin Wall “Russia” was synonymous with the Soviet Union. Among the 15 ...

Communication Director Andrew Hartwell peaks out from some Soviet era paintings including one where someone shot Lenin in the head and a Soviet farm girl at The Wende Museum in Culver City. (Photo by ...

Vagrich Bakhchanyan, ‘Accidental Absurdity,’ installation view (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Art exhibitions, like literary works, come in different genres. Some resemble ...

Arkady Shaikhet, “Express” (1939), gelatin silver print, Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York (artwork © Estate of Arkady Shaikhet / courtesy Nailya Alexander ...

The Space Race wasn’t just a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union — it was a transformation of Soviet life itself. From Yuri Gagarin’s smiling face to Khrushchev’s political ...

A s Olga Grushin notes at the end of "The Line," her second novel is rooted in historical fact: "In 1962, the celebrated Russian composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky accepted a Soviet invitation to ...

BOSTON—A Soviet committee created to reduce bureaucracy and increase efficiency within the scientific establishment has received more than 5,000 letters by citizens from all walks of Soviet life. Last ...

One distinction cannot be denied the Soviet Union: it is the only countryin the world whose civil servants keep darting out of the night, shouting that the Russian secret police are at their heels and ...

When communication systems are manipulated or cut off entirely by demagogues, the comedian's voice is the only one to be heard. Serious forms of communication are easy to devalue, but comedy can slip ...