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Boris Egorov
How a Russian prospector ‘conquered’ Australia
80 years ago, Soviet & American troops met on the Elbe
Why did Russian Tsar Peter I forbid nobles to marry without knowing how to count?
9 cities outside of Russia named after Stalin (PHOTOS)
How the Red Army ‘congratulated’ Hitler on his birthday
How the USSR got rid of Stalin’s cult of personality
How the U.S. Secretly armed the Soviet Union for the war against Japan
How famous sculptor Ernst Neizvestny fought in World War II
The time legendary ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky visited the Soviet Union (PHOTOS)
How a courtier wanted to… cast a spell on Russian Tsar Peter I
How Stalin became the ‘Father of Nations’ (PHOTOS)
How a group of Soviet submarines crossed three oceans during World War II
Why was Kirill Meretskov nicknamed ‘Marshal of the Northern Directions’?
How a blind & deaf girl became a great Soviet scientist
How the USSR helped China in the war against Japan (PHOTOS)
‘Red Five’: The first Soviet aerobatic team
How humankind went into outer space for the first time in history
How a Russian aristocrat defended Great Britain from the Nazis
Why was the war against Finland so difficult for the USSR?
How Napoleon wanted to become RELATED to the Russian Tsar!
How an enemy of the USSR became its… hero
Ivan Konev: The Soviet Marshal who finished off Nazi Germany (PHOTOS)
How the Germans tried to rescue their troops at Stalingrad (PHOTOS)
5 Red Army victories over the Nazis before the Battle of Stalingrad
Who were the ‘oprichniks’ and how did they appear in Rus'?
4 Poles who became Heroes of the Soviet Union
Everything you need to know about the Siege of Leningrad
How a Pole became one of the best Soviet military commanders (PHOTOS)
How the Red Army managed to defend Leningrad during WWII (PHOTOS)
The first foreigner to become a Hero of the Soviet Union
How New Year was celebrated in besieged Leningrad (PHOTOS)
Fyodor Tolbukhin: A Tsarist officer who became a Soviet marshal
How Hitler’s nephews landed in Soviet captivity
3 best Soviet saboteurs of World War II
10 Soviet servicemen who were awarded by the U.S.
Everything you need to know about the Cold War
The 3 most famous female warriors in Russian history
Top 5 European movies about the Eastern Front of World War II
5 Germans who became Heroes of the Soviet Union
5 facts about the war that turned Russia into a great power
10 MAIN Soviet movies about World War II, available FREE online
4 Soviet planes that are still in use today (PHOTOS)
Russian cities during World War II vs now (Part 2)
Russian cities during World War II vs now (Part 1)
3 captured Soviet generals who defected to the Nazis
How the Soviet Union helped the Western Allies land in Normandy
How the Soviet home front lived & worked during World War II (PHOTOS)
Who became the very first Hero of the Soviet Union?
Russian Imperial Army in the paintings of artists
Why were Nazis called ‘fascists’ in the USSR?
Soviet T-35: The world's ONLY mass-produced FIVE-turret tank (PHOTOS)
5 Frenchmen who became Heroes of the Soviet Union
5 German aces shot down by Soviet troops
Dmitry Yazov: The last ‘Marshal of the Soviet Union’ (PHOTOS)
Which Soviet airplane was called ‘Donkey’, ‘Rat’ and ‘Fly’?
How the Swedes tried to wipe St. Petersburg off the face of the earth
How the Guard in Russia overthrew & appointed monarchs
Did you know that the Red Army had ‘Flying Fortresses’ from the U.S.?
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
St. Petersburg during World War II vs now (PHOTOS)
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