Veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ivan Lebedev marched four times in parades through the center of Moscow. Nevertheless, he ...

For those who lived under it, the Soviet Union’s “union” was a lie, masking occupation, terror and lost sovereignty.

The slimmed-down parade, due to take place on Monday, shows that Russia is aware of its losses in Ukraine, an expert told The Moscow Times.

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.