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History | History

Did the USSR Invent Palestinian Nationalism?

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union spent millions funding Palestinian leaders in a proxy war between the U.S. and the USSR. But why would the USSR invest ...

History | History

Recently Declassified Soviet Video Shows the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

Tsar Bomba—the biggest hydrogen bomb ever—detonated in October 1961, and the Soviet Union caught it on tape.

History | History

Viral Photo of Chernobyl Taken 14 Hours After Nuclear Meltdown

The first photo of the Chernobyl disaster taken 14 hours after the nuclear catastrophe went viral yesterday along with its fascinating story.

History | History

When Howard Hughes Helped the CIA on a Top-Secret Mission

In 1968, when the CIA needed help with an audacious Cold War operation, officials decided that eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes would be the perfect man for the job.

History | History

In Protecting The KGB, Gorbachev Laid The Foundation For Putin’s Gangster-State

Gorbachev has died, but the KGB that he nurtured and protected lives on under an ungrateful Vladimir Putin.

History | History

Memo to Secret Police Chief Reveals Hunt for Chabad’s Soviet Underground

What does a top-secret post-war memo to Stalin’s MGB boss tell us about the Soviet campaign against Chabad?

Politics | Politics

Russia: Biden’s Bombshell Nuclear Back Story

By suggesting that a “minor incursion” into Ukraine would be acceptable, Drew Allen notes, it looks like Joe Biden is colluding with Vladimir Putin.

News | News

Biden Comptroller Pick Praises USSR, Hates Crypto, Will 'End Banking As We Know It’

In yet another radically far-Left nomination to a sensitive Executive Branch position, President Biden has nominated a child of Russia...

Politics | POLITICS

As Bernie Sanders Pushed for Closer Ties, The Soviet Union Spotted Opportunity

Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked to find a sister city in Russia when he was a mayor in the 1980s. Moscow saw a chance for propaganda.

Science & Technology | Science

The Worst Nuclear Accident in History Turned Chernobyl Into Something Nobody Expected


Reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered an explosion during a technical test on April 26, 1986. As a result of the accident, in the then Soviet Union, more than 400 times more radiation was emitted than that released by th

Politics | Politics

Hey, Democrats, I've lived in a socialist country with income 'equality' and it was miserable | Fox News

As Democrats justify grandiose proposals by decrying income inequality, many of us who immigrated to the United States from socialist countries see great irony. After all, unending income equality is what drove us to leave our native lands in the first pl

Politics | Politics

This declassified US intelligence report from 1990 is one of the most terrifying things you'll ever read

The 1983 US-Soviet "war scare" is one of the most controversial episodes of the Cold War. Now we...

Politics | From CNN

Drone footage shows derelict remains of Chernobyl - CNN.com

Drone footage captures derelict remains left in the wake of Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30 years later.