Thirty-five years after the Velvet Revolution threw off Soviet-backed communist rule in Czechoslovakia, we visited some of ...

Despite their efforts to purge the land of any vestiges of Russian Orthodox religion, Soviet propaganda posters often included iconographic images and designs. 9. One Must Work, The Rifle is Right ...

Seven myths of the Soviet Union—from “best” healthcare to “equal” pay—painted a utopia but masked a legacy of control, ...

The Russian Revolution was a time of great upheaval but also great creativity. As events take place to mark the 100th anniversary of the uprising, here are 10 classic images that rallied the ...

The director of Collective Phenomena, Semion Aleksandrovskiy, shared a little of this complex history via his own family ...

An elderly Ukrainian woman brandishing a red Soviet flag has become the unlikely face of Kremlin propaganda after a video of her encounter with Ukrainian soldiers went viral. The BBC tracked down ...