On Dec. 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, officially came into existence, as leaders gathered in ...

Published on this day in 1973, "The Gulag Archipelago" drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's experiences as a ...

December 30th has witnessed a plethora of significant events throughout history, shaping the world in various ways. One of ...

For 13 days in October of 1962, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war: Cuba and the Soviet Union were locked in a standoff with the U.S. at the height of the Cold War. Here's a look at ...