Japan’s Emperor Naruhito met with Mongolia’s president Tuesday during a visit to the landlocked Asian nation that marks a ...

Country of origin: Soviet Union The Yakovlev Yak-9 stood out as the fighter aircraft with the highest production in the Soviet Union during WWII, with an estimated 16,769 units manufactured.

Soviet infantry in combat during the Battle of Kursk in 1943 in Russia. It was World War II battle between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front fought from July 5 till August 23, 1943.

Russia focuses on Soviet victims of WW2 as officials not invited to Auschwitz ceremony. Image caption, The memorial in St Petersburg to 'Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi Genocide' ...

Soviet leader Josef Stalin ordered Stalingrad defended at all costs and German advances during the late summer and fall of 1942 were pushed back during the winter, and what was left of the German ...

At the beginning of World War II, the Soviet Union was at an uneasy truce with Germany. That quickly became null after the Germans blitzed Russia in Operation Barbarossa during the summer of 1941.

Russia focuses on Soviet victims of WW2 as officials not invited to Auschwitz ceremony. 27 January 2025. Share Save. Steve Rosenberg. BBC Russia editor. Share Save. BBC.

The Estonian government plans to remove and demolish 244 Soviet monuments, which many people find offensive because they represent the Baltic nation’s decades-long occupation.