Here's the standard high school history class summary of the Soviet Union: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a communist state from 1922 to 1991 and was a big rival of the US from ...

“Or, at least, it would have been until recently.” Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, when it was part of the Soviet Union, Mr. Kanevsky, now 74, was trained as an architect. He came to the United ...

Keywords Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, communism, Warsaw Pact, liberalization, nationalism, Cold War, reform, peaceful coexistence, Iron Curtain Vatican reveals official cause of death of Pope ...

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that fans attending this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be allowed to bring and display any flag that does not violate the law in the host ...

including his debut match in 1974 against the Soviet Union Republic of Ireland players, from left to right, captain John Giles, Steve Heighway and Liam Brady on his senior international debut in ...

LATHAM – Time was not on the side of the Shenendehowa flag football team but the experience of a season’s worth of close games helped keep the team poised as it staged a furious second-half ...

Following Pope Francis’ death this morning (April 21), the Union flag will be flown half mast at royal residences where the King is not in residence. Flags are flying at half mast outside the Scottish ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Following Pope Francis’ death this morning (April 21), the Union flag will be flown half mast at royal residences where the King is not in ...

The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which had been independent between the two world wars, were annexed by the Kremlin in June of 1940, during the dramatic days when Paris fell to the ...

sometimes with the English flag or with the union flag, and sometimes just on its own.” In a recently-published paper, he cites remarks last year by Conal Heatley, chief executive of ...