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The Soviet Posters Meant to Keep Russians from Drinking
Russia's 1985 ban on alcohol proved disastrous for the economy, but it was a great time for lovers of beautiful anti-alcohol posters.
Watch the Largest Rocket Explosion in History
“Today...I saw without exaggeration the end of the world, and not in a nightmare but while fully awake and standing right next to it.”
Inside the Radioactive City Russia Doesn’t Want You to Know About
The director of documentary 'City 40' says she's lost contact with residents who risked their lives to tell their story.
'_9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9' Is Reddit’s New, Terrifying Mystery
“And it was only after the first round of children went through that they gained any idea of what was on the ‘other side.’”
How the Soviets Got Scooped on Their Own Historic Moon Landing
Fifty years ago, the rest of the world saw the first snapshots from the Luna 9 lander before Soviet citizen did.
The Bizarre Story of the Time a Canadian Province Tried to Nuke Itself
Many years ago, there was a theory that a nuclear explosion would be a good way to extract oil from the earth. Turns out it was not.
We Asked a Defense Expert What a British Military Coup Would Actually Look Like
It's not going to happen, but what if it did?
Turkmenistan’s 'Gates of Hell' Now Attracting Tourists, Spiders
The gas crater has been ablaze for over 40 years.
Russia Is Now Vulnerable to Surprise Nuclear Attack
Russia does not currently have warning satellites able to detect an incoming nuclear missile strike — but that doesn't mean the US would come out of a fight without getting its hair mussed.
Bloody Clashes Overshadowed Eastern Ukraine's Victory Day Parades
The fights forced Ukraine to cancel most of the parades celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany.
A Visit to Moscow's Brain Institute
The Brain Institute, which was founded by the Bolsheviks in 1928 as part of the effort to canonize Lenin, has a "Pantheon of Brains"—the brains of Sergei Eisenstein, Stalin, and Lenin himself are displayed in glass cases inside the Institute's pre...