Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for ...

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.

It has been signed by 38 other Polish former prisoners of the Soviet Union. "Gratitude is due to ... how the leader of a country that is the symbol of the free world cannot see it," the letter ...

These rules will remain in effect from 6 AM on May 8 to 10 PM on May 9 at three Soviet memorials in Berlin - in Treptower Park, in Tiergarten and in Pankow. The Ribbon of St. George, the symbols ...

The duel between the two chessboard giants became the symbol of the Cold War rivalry between the USA and the Soviet Union.

The Russian grandmaster signed a “rabidly antisemitic petition” in 2005, and shortly thereafter, sought to distance himself from it.

A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction. Described as "monumental", they will be up for sale at Wotton ...

The City of Tallinn Property Department is set to remove the Soviet symbols from the façade of the Nõmme District Government building, which was constructed in the 1950s. According to Tallinn Deputy ...

(JTA) — Ida Nudel, the Russian Jewish refusenik whose 16-year effort to leave the Soviet Union moved figures as diverse as Republican Secretary of State George Schultz and activist actress Jane ...