Germany

The 'candy bombers' who gave a besieged city hope

It was the first crisis of the Cold War. But the airlift that saved Berlin 70 years ago still resonates among Germans - and helped cement friendship between former enemies.

12 May 2019

Uzbekistan

Watch: Students plant trees to save what's left of the Aral Sea

The rivers that feed the sea were diverted in a Soviet project to boost cotton production in the arid region.

8 April 2019

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Tourists can now visit ex-Nazi military compound

A huge abandoned secret military complex hidden inside a fenced-off pine forest in eastern Germany is no longer off limits.

12 March 2019

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Enthusiasts replay the breakthrough of Leningrad’s siege

Enthusiasts replay the breakthrough of Leningrad’s siege

27 January 2019

Russia

Watch: Moscow's Soviet-era cinemas prepare to be revamped

Real estate company ADG Group bought 39 Soviet-built cinemas from the government and says it will transform them into what it calls "neighbourhood centres."

7 January 2019

Russia

Russian human rights champion Lyudmila Alexeyeva dies

The 91-year-old had been ill for a long time after fighting for nearly seven decades to make first the Soviet Union and then Russia a better place.

9 December 2018

The Cube

MEPs campaign to stop Amazon from selling Soviet-themed products | #TheCube

A letter signed by 27 members of European Parliament has been sent to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, demanding the company halt sales of goods featuring Soviet symbols

19 November 2018

Latvia

Latvian smitten as Baltic country toasts its centenary

Latvians are being urged to toast the country’s centenary ... by wearing special mittens.

18 November 2018

Europe News

Brussels tells Hunt: Read a history book

EU Commission reacted with dismay to UK Foreign Secretary's comparison of the EU with the Soviet Union

1 October 2018

Russia

Russian objectors remember Prague invasion

A small group of Russians remembered the demonstration they held in Moscow's Red Square 50 years ago to protest their country's invasion of Czechoslovakia

26 August 2018

World News

Joanna Stingray: The California girl that shot to fame in the USSR

This is a story about Joanna Stingray. A girl from California who found herself in 1980s Russia on the radar of the KGB and FBI for smuggling out underground Soviet music that Americans were never supposed to hear.

12 June 2018

Russia

Soviet pilot found alive 30 years after being shot down in Afghanistan

“He is still alive. It’s very astonishing. Now he needs help,” the head of the Russian paratroopers’ union, Valery Vostrotin, told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.

2 June 2018

Germany

Germany unveils statue of Karl Marx in his hometown

It has been 200 years since philosopher Karl Marx was born, and only now has his image been immortalised in bronze and mounted in his hometown of Trier in Germany.

5 May 2018

Romania

100 years on from Romania's 'Great Union', Moldova won't choose sides

For Romania and Moldova, 2018 will mark a bittersweet historical moment: the centennial of the Great Union, which brought together the key Romanian-inhabited provinces: Bessarabia, Transylvania and the Romanian Kingdom.

24 December 2017

Cult

Moscow show smashes myth of drab Soviet design

Dull, functional, and a bit rubbish are some words many associate with the products made by the Soviet Union. Now Moscow's Design Museum shows off the best of Bolshevik consumer goods.

7 December 2017

Poland

Tom Hanks receives iconic "toddler" car from Polish fans

4 December 2017

Russia

Stalin calendar pulled from sale in Russia

Public outcry has forced the withdrawal from sale of a 2018 calendar honouring Stalin in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg.

1 December 2017

Russia

Russian 1917 revolution - internet style!

Historians bring the 1917 Russian revolution into the modern day using internet technoligy

7 November 2017

Russia

Russian communists celebrate Bolshevik Revolution

Thousands of Russian Communist Party members marched across downtown Moscow to mark the centenary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

7 November 2017

Russia

Russia avoids ostentatious celebration on 100th anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution

Our chronology revisits the events in 1917 that shook the world

7 November 2017