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4 Soviet planes that are still in use today (PHOTOS)
This Soviet biplane first took to the skies in 1947. It was actively used in the civil air fleet, cargo transportation and ...
Jimmy Carter helped dismantle Soviet Union with focus on human rights
Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican ...
Eduard Kuznetsov, Soviet dissident whose death sentence exposed the plight of Jews under communism
Eduard Kuznetsov, who has died aged 85, was the main leader of a group of Soviet Jewish refuseniks who, in 1970, plotted to ...
Oppenheimer feared nuclear annihilation – and only a chance pause by a Soviet submariner kept it from happening in 1962
During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’ ...
Jimmy Carter exited White House in 1981 but his policies hastened Soviet downfall in Russia
Even though Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States (1977-81), served just one term, his foreign policy that ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91
(JTA) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose reforms, including allowing massive numbers of Jews to emigrate to Israel, changed his country and the world, died at 91. Russian media said ...
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Arnold Ruutel: A Legacy of Leadership and Independence
Arnold Ruutel, Estonia's second president after restoring independence, has passed away at 96. A former communist leader and agriculturalist, he played a vital role in Estonia's independence from the ...