Former Soviet Union

Wars in Israel, Ukraine take center stage in Israel for Jews rooted in former USSR

Since its creation in 2005, Limmud FSU has held nearly 90 festivals worldwide, drawing over 80,000 participants.

By LARRY LUXNER/JTA
05/01/2024

Soviet Jewry's unsung heroes - opinion

Rabbi Jonathan Porath is well-known within his activist and conservative circles. For most of us, however, he is an unsung hero of the movement to liberate Soviet Jewry.

28/12/2023

What historical events occurred due to hijacking of Soviet Plane in 1970?

As history has shown, the position of informal organizations actually met the interests of the whole world.

By JOSEPH MENDELVICH
03/11/2023

Yom Kippur War: The Middle East Armageddon's uncounted victims - comment

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The 50-year-old Yom Kippur War’s list of casualties should include the lira, the kibbutz, and the Soviet Union.

US revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China

The revival of the multibillion-dollar effort, known as the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS), comes as China has ramped up military exercises around Taiwan.

By REUTERS
21/09/2023

Russia's Medvedev hints at future Russian invasion of Georgia

"The idea of joining Russia is still popular in Abkhazia and South Ossetia," Medvedev, a former Russian president, wrote in an article.

By REUTERS
23/08/2023

Ukraine gets rid of Soviet symbols on Motherland monument in Kyiv

The move has its roots in a movement to “decommunize” - or shed memories of the former Soviet Union - which Ukraine has stepped up since Russia's all-out invasion last year.

By REUTERS
06/08/2023

Israel must immediately bring more olim from the former Soviet Union - opinion

The system of making Aliyah must be immediately changed, adapted, and streamlined, as it was in the 1980s.

By ROBERT SINGER
14/07/2023

British World War II planes discovered in Ukraine

In total, 3000 models of the plane had been sent to help the USSR fight off the Nazis from 1941 until 1944. 

On this day 60 years ago: Russian astronaut becomes first woman in space

The goal of Tereshkova's mission was to compare the impact of outer space between male and female bodies.

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