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Women in the former Soviet Union, despite a legacy of high levels of education and labor force participation, face a host of new problems, according to editors Kathleen Kuehnast and Carol Nechemias.

Data for this brief was obtained at a Kennan Institute Conference “Women’s NGOs in the Former Soviet Union: Building Bridges across Conflicts.” The opinions expressed in this article are those solely ...

For a lover of Soviet avant-garde art, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s is a tipping moment for a ...

In March 1945, with victory over Nazi Germany only weeks away, Pravda praised the nearly one million Soviet women who had fought the Germans and their allies. They had ‘proved themselves as pilots, ...

On November 27, 1944, Marcel Albert was awarded the title ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’ for his courage and heroism in battles with the German invaders. By that time, he had flown 193 combat ...

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Soviet socialist realist art is often maligned. But there is much to celebrate in this style of art, writes . Here are her ...

Despite her pleasant air and sense of fashion, the now former Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad was bound to be tied to her ...

Every second Thursday, FIFA recalls a FIFA World Cup thriller. This looks at how Belgium overcame a hat-trick from Soviet Union’s Igor Belanov at Mexico 1986.

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Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Dina Konovalov discovered the magic of photography in a makeshift darkroom with her ...