Copy of the INF Treaty made by the US and the USSR in December of 1987.

While growing up in the Soviet Union, Lev Landau was so far ahead of his classmates that he was ready to begin college at age 13. His parents noticed a particular gift for math in their young son, who was considered a prodigy. It came as...

Have you ever wondered what came before Photoshop? After the First World War, artists in Germany and the Soviet Union began to experiment with photomontage, the process of making a composite image by juxtaposing or mounting two or more...

Learn about Nixon's presidency, including his strategy to get the United States out of the Vietnam War, his foreign policy maneuvers with China and the Soviet Union, and his fall from grace due to the Watergate scandal.

This site from the Library of Congress discusses the progress of World War II, and the nature of the postwar settlement at conferences in Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.

Learn about the culture of the Volga Tatars people of Russia. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.

Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Poland including early tribes, the Polish Empire, World War I and II, Solidarity movement, and independence from the Soviet Union on this site.

Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Russia including early civilizations, the empire, Tsars, the Russian Revolution, communism, Soviet Union, cold war, and current events.

A brief look at American life and politics in the 1950s with an increase in consumerism and fear of the Soviet Union.

Contains interesting facts and key dates of the major Cold War events from 1968 - 1991.

Article examining the events surrounding the famine that Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union forced causing seven million deaths.

Article examining the events surrounding the famine that Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union forced causing seven million deaths.