Mikhail Gorbachev death: Though in power for less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
According to the last full census taken in 2001, 17.3 per cent of the citizens of independent Ukraine identified themselves as ethnic Russians. This was a decline of almost five percentage points from 1989, reflecting in part an out-migration of Russians after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union close to its border with China
China must step up vigilance against corruption in order to safeguard against a Soviet-style collapse, Reuters quoted second most senior graft buster as saying in an editorial on Wednesday.
Soviets pumped huge amounts of cash in India to influence policies during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government as well as under Rajiv Gandhi rule, CIA documents reveal.
The new set of declassified 25 files relating to Netaji’s Subhas Chandra Bose has no record of his stay in the Soviet Union in 1945. The latest revelation has contradicted the reports that he had
London: The 100 Indian government files declassified by India confirm that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not live in the former Soviet Union in or after 1945, said a UK website set up to chart
Beijing: China on Monday published photographs of the Earth and Moon together taken by the orbiting service module of the country's first unmanned lunar orbiter, which returned to Earth earlier this month.The photos were taken
Beijing: China succeeded on Saturday in the world's first mission to the Moon and back for some 40 years, becoming the third nation to do so after the former Soviet Union and the US.The test
New Delhi: Man was living the life of an animal before civilizations sprang up. Civilizations made human beings organized, social and raised their standard of living.While some civilizations were very progressive and peaceful like Indus
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