Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank and gained weight, he aged ...

The story of the Soviet leader’s time in power, his policies against Jews, and his relationship with Israel and Zionism NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (R) and Leonid Brezhnev wave from Lenin’s Tomb in ...

Two Liverpool lasses hook up with a pair of Soviet sailors, only for their night of fun to turn serious when love beckons for one of the girls. She begins to wonder if life might be better behind the ...

So why is Trump angry with Putin? My guess is that he isn’t angry with Putin. Trump is just mindful of the negative coverage ...

NOVOSIBIRSK, December 1. /TASS/. The Oktyabrsky District Court in the Russian city of Novosibirsk has rejected a lawsuit filed by Andrey Brezhnev, the grandson of late Soviet leader Leonid ...

Nixon and Brezhnev, National Archives Mutually Assured Destruction The key weapon of the Cold War, the nuclear bomb, was never used during that conflict, but the possibility of its use cast a long ...

The espionage-detective series is set in the 1960s, against the backdrop of a threat of nuclear war. Soviet intelligence intercepts information about an impending US attack from bases in the FRG. To ...

Novotny asked the Soviet leader, Brezhnev, for help to crackdown on the protests, but Brezhnev refused, and in early 1968 Novotny was replaced as Communist Party Secretary by Alexander Dubcek.