To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.

HAYDA: That's Oleksandr Sukhodolia, a Ukrainian energy policy expert. The Soviet Union cranked up production of nuclear weapons for military dominance, stationing warheads in border regions like ...

OPINION Putin wants to build a new Soviet Union and he won't stop with Ukraine Many Americans don’t want to commit US troops to defend Ukraine’s border – nor should we ...

Ukraine's independence had been established, but the country would soon become part of the Soviet Union. Ukrainian pro-independence forces fought pro-Bolsheviks intermittently from 1917 to 1921 .

Like many Jews from the former Soviet Union, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky grew up in a world that suppressed the truth about the Nazi genocide.

Though the Soviet Union is known in the U.S. for its harsh authoritarian regime, human rights violations, and poor economic conditions, there is a wave of nostalgia among many Russians for the ...

In the years 1932 and 1933, a catastrophic famine swept across the Soviet Union. It began in the chaos of collectivization, when millions of peasants were forced off their land and made to join ...

Ukraine's parliament has approved de-communization laws to get rid of the Soviet-era lexicon and symbols, but not all Ukrainians are behind the plans. News Home Page ...

Item 1 of 5 Workers mount a Ukrainian national emblem to the shield of the 'Motherland' monument replacing the Soviet one, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of the World War II museum ...

KYIV, Ukraine — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer and sickle symbol Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era ...

To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.