Explore how the Soviet command economy led to consumer goods shortages, impacting daily life. Understand government production priorities and market limitations.

It’s no coincidence Netflix released “Miracle: The Boys of ’80” on the eve of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The 1-hour, 48-minute documentary is the latest project that examines how the 1980 United States ...

In the waning years of the Soviet Union, most of the citizens in that cold tyranny could see that their system was irredeemably broken. But for the most part, they marched through the same routines, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A parade in Red Square, Moscow – a carefully choreographed display of Soviet power and unity that stood in contrast to the ...

This week, the Kremlin hit a grim milestone in its ongoing war in Ukraine. On January 11, 2026, the conflict reached its 1,418th day, the same number of days the Soviet Union's Red Army fought against ...

After months of meticulous planning, the moment of reckoning was approaching quickly, and Nick Polano was getting nervous. Worried about being recognized by the wrong people — and the Portland, Ore., ...

“BUY LAND,” the saying goes. “They’re not making it anymore.” The odd drainage-and-reclamation project or new volcanic island aside, that is true. But Moshe Alamaro thinks he has a work-around. He ...

Every year in late December, my childhood home transformed into a vision of American bliss. We’d gather to ornament a tree, drape string lights around the house, and sit down to an elaborate feast.

MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that European claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to restore the Soviet Union were wrong and that claims Putin plans to invade a ...

A new report shows that 0.1 per cent of wealthy Kenyans each own an average of 200 hectares. [File, Standard] A handful of Kenyans hold more than half of arable land, which is largely idle with ...

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.