His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well ...

The Soviet Union boasted an unbroken streak of world chess champions that stretched back to 1948. It seemed unimaginable that there could be a serious challenger hailing from any other nation.

Former prisoners of the Soviet Union's communist regime have written a letter addressing Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...

Boris Spassky was a Soviet chessboard ace who became an émigré to France in 1976 and a French citizen in 1978.

Ekranoplans—massive Soviet machines combining elements of ships and planes—were built to be the ultimate coastal transport and military asset. This video explores how they could glide over the water ...

Old and young, healthy and sick, men and women, and even infants and infirm, were killed in cold blood. They were not ...

Welcome to this weekend in history, March 8th and 9th, dates marked by remarkable events that have shaped our world. The most ...

Constitutions define the legitimacy of a state. But they have long been at the mercy of international power politics.

It was absolutely phenomenal in the Soviet Union.” By the time 1984 came around, Karpov – a three-time world champion and a symbol of Soviet ideals – had been the prized asset for a decade.