Workers removed the Soviet Coat of Arms, the State Emblem of the Soviet Union, from the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The Soviet symbols will be replaced by the ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet military mapped the entire world. This secret program was one of the most ambitious mapping efforts ever undertaken, and it produced thousands—perhaps even millions—of ...

Lithuania has urged American online retailer Amazon to stop selling clothing featuring the hammer and sickle and other Soviet symbols, which it says are offensive to victims of Soviet-era persecution.

Covering or removing a Soviet-era decoration is not destruction. Placing it in a museum is not destruction either, writes ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs took to Twitter on Wednesday to ...

The deputy speaker of the Uzbek parliament, Alisher Qodirov, has proposed banning all Soviet symbols and ideology in the country. Qodirov made the comment in response to a September 3 court decision ...