John Adams, a graduate student at the University of California, during the preparation of his thesis, asked the ChatGPT neural network to compile a rating of the best states in the history of mankind.

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to revive the USSR and regain imperial influence. This was stated in an interview with ...

Before the fall of the Iron Curtain and subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union during the 1989-1992 period, the nations of the Soviet Empire produced a fascinating range of cars, trucks, and ...

This expansive empire crumbled under the strains of World War I and the seismic events of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution led by Vladimir Lenin, paving the way for the emergence of the Soviet Union.

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

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