The year was 1985. In the heat of the CIA-backed Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union, a delegation of Afghan resistance leaders met with US President Ronald Reagan in t... in Research & Information Network (RAIN)

Dynamo Moscow and Ukraine forward Andriy Voronin has been named the best player of 2011 in the former Soviet Union region, with Alexander Kerzhakov finishing second. ... in Soccer Report

The Eurasia Foundation (EF) an int'l non-profit org supporting the development of civil society and private enterprise in the countries of the former Soviet Union seeks... in KAZIBONGO

Venue – The Plantation, Port Elizabeth. Ever heard of Moldova?  It was part of the former Soviet Union and is the home town to the groom, Alex.   It is also a pl... in ZaraZoo Photography Blog

David Solway in FRONTPAGEMAG.COMThe so-called "socialist revolution," which the collapse of the Soviet Union and the implosion of the European welfare state should have ... in Contact Online Weblog

On the 4th of October 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite; and effectively started the Space Race. On July 20t... in Ifashion

More lighthouse stuff, via @ChrisRoperZA. Does exactly what it says in the title. Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich lighthouse, Taymyroslavich Peninsula* …the Communist Part... in 6000 miles from civilisation...

IT'S THE '90S. WE love techno and hip-hop. It's the end of the Soviet Union. Michael Jackson's latest hit Black or White rules the airwaves. Sonic the Hedgeho... in SystemShock

I've always thought that anti-gun control freaks were a bit nuts, but this takes the cake. Hat-tip to Mark Stoneman's Clio and me.FactCheck.org: Did gun control in Austra... in Notes from underground

For many people it comes as a bit of a surprise that May Day doesn’t have its origins in, say, revolutionary Russia, the Soviet Union or China - what with all those... in The Antidote