The IGY, they decided, would be celebrated in 1957.As part of the IGY, the Soviet Union vowed that it would launch an ...

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and History. This course is ...

The Soviet Union was plunged into a power struggle among ... delivering one of the most infamous moments in Cold War history. Enraged by Western criticism of Soviet policies, particularly ...

extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in space On This Day in History The Nazi concentration and extermination camp was the site of the ...

The 40,000,000-50,000,000 deaths in World War II make it the bloodiest conflict and the largest war in history. World War II changed the world map and geopolitics forever. In this war, America dropped ...

Books published in the Soviet Union malign wartime hostages ... Every country has its legends, specious interpretations of history that elevate some citizens and destroy others.

For most of American history, it was George Washington—the ... person with both reprehensible and admirable traits. In the Soviet Union, however, most citizens found it difficult to think ...

After World War II, Germany was divided into what became two sectors: West Germany, controlled by the Western Allies (United ...

For most of American history, it was George Washington ... person with both reprehensible and admirable traits. In the Soviet Union, however, most citizens found it difficult to think historically ...

Atyrau, a majority-Muslim Kazakh city in a Central Asian desert known for its history of Cossack rebellions, doesn’t sound ...