Soviet Union

It was an American-made aircraft that flew over Edmonton for use by the Soviet Union. This is the flight path of the Bell P-39 Airacobra, a WWII fighter linked to the history of Blatchford Field. The planes would pass through Edmonton en…

Russia started July with a double-record week as it faces two waves: a massive heat wave that produced some of the highest temperatures Russia has seen in over a century, and a third wave coronavirus infections. The past two weeks have…

The Soviet Union, officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR for short, was a country made up of…

High carbon steel is strong but brittle, super tough but susceptible to shattering under sudden impact. Mild or mild steel is ductile, prone to bending but less likely to break. The two metals are a useful metaphor for…

As the United States completes the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan after two decades of a bloody and criminal war, numerous reports indicate that the ongoing conflict has already started to spread to neighboring Tajikistan.…

Since the Olympic Games began in 1896, athletes have used the international stage to shed light on issues of social justice.One of the most iconic protests came from Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the 1968 200-meter gold and bronze…

Xi is too far away for a course correction. CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping believes he was chosen by fate to write a chapter in Chinese history that will last as long as the PRC, which he hopes will forever. What…

Americans old enough to remember the prediction "We are going to bury you" pronounced by Nikita Khrushchev, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964, might still recall…

Today in history Today is Thursday, July 8, the 189th day of 2021. There are 176 days left in the year. The highlight of today's history:On July 8, 1947, a New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell!-->…

The relationship between China and the United States is the central drama of world politics today. It captures and defines the current era: great power rivalry, ideological competition, the spread of advanced technology, and the weakening…