1/13 Some of the so-called "Gang of Eight" coup plotters: Gennady Yanayev (center) declared himself acting Soviet president. 2/13 Tanks deployed on Kalinin Prospekt in central Moscow on August 19, ...

General Dmitry Yazov, the last Soviet marshal and a member of the so-called Gang of Eight that tried to take over the collapsing Soviet Union in 1991, has died in Moscow at the age of 95. The Russian ...

Eleven hard-liners in the Soviet government, military, Communist Party, and KGB were named in a Russian court as the organizers of the failed August 1991 coup against Soviet President Mikhail ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union for almost seven years, stepped down from office on 25 December 1991. He announced his resignation live on television, as the Soviet Union was replaced by ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of death ...

As the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of collapse, hardline communists made a desperate bid to hold onto power. This is the story of the 1991 coup attempt that sought to reverse history but ...

When I asked readers for story ideas earlier this year, Stephen Park suggested one about how July marks the 35th anniversary of three Soviet warships coming to Jacksonville for a goodwill visit. In ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. This essay is adapted from The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New ...

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the country that was the “big growth story” was the Soviet Union. Its oil consumption grew by leaps and bounds. Its space program grew; its military program grew; and it ...