USSR

‘Bone music’ brought Western tunes to Soviet fans by recording songs onto X-rays

Aug 21, 2025

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A screen grab from the movie

Russia chooses myth over history in new WWII movie

Oct 14, 2016

Omar Hernandez in downtown Moscow. He says problems that came from speaking his mind too freely in Cuba led him to leave in the early 90s. Now he's lives in Russia.

Is Russia’s romance with Cuba coming to an end?

Mar 23, 2016

Vladimir Zhidovich

Global Politics

Here’s a rare glimpse of JFK’s assassin, from his co-workers in Minsk, Belarus

Nov 20, 2013

Jazz saxophone great Igor Butman

Arts, Culture & Media

Growing up without religion in the Soviet Union, believing in jazz

Oct 25, 2013