After the Russian revolution in 1917, the new Soviet government formed a Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army. The first of 10,000 ...

In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they ...

The state funeral of Queen Victoria of Great Britain was held on 1901. A little over a decade later, the plush Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City in 1913. In 1943, the Battle of Stalingrad ...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Jan 27) praised Soviet soldiers for ending the "total evil" of Auschwitz on the 80th anniversary ...

Soviet Military Commanders Kori ... Europe due to GorbachevÍs withdrawal of troops stationed there since WWII -- losing their high salaries, access to foreign stores, and easy lifestyle.

WARSAW, August 1. /TASS/. Russia’s Embassy to Poland has started repairing two major cemeteries to Soviet soldiers in the country, head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s representative office ...

On this day in 1944 Soviet forces broke the almost 900-day siege of Leningrad. Exactly one year later the Red Army entered the gates of the Auschwitz death camp. The difficult question about ...

Russia’s ambassador to China says Xi returned invitation for Putin to visit China to mark Sino-Japanese war anniversary later ...

did play a part in the Soviet Army's fight against Nazi German troops in Stalingrad during World War II. Proof of that support are the items such as photographs and documents on display at an ...

A military encounter, triggered by allegations ... battle fought at Nomonhan as the true “starting point” of World War II.