On Sept. 18, 2017, a hero of humanity, Stanislav Petrov, died. Hero of humanity is a mild description for Petrov. On Sept. 26, 1983, Soviet air defense officer, Stanislav Petrov, was on duty at a ...

It was an evening like many others. The dedicated drunks Lyokha and Olezhek, two of my fellow security guards at the Krestovsky Island Amusement Sector of the Leningrad Central Park of Culture and ...

In June 1999, Vladimir Putin laid a bouquet of flowers on Yury Andropov's grave to mark the 85th anniversary of the late Soviet leader and longtime KGB chief's birth. Shortly after he became Russia's ...

In a silenced country, Andrei Sakharov was, for nearly two decades, the leading voice of democratic dissent. Living under constant surveillance, he did more than just speak out against the suppression ...

Members of Vladimir Putin's inner circle have long viewed Yury Andropov's brief rule as the path not taken, the great "what if," the missed opportunity. If Andropov had lived, the argument goes, ...

Among the old coverage that's being hauled out in the wake of Dutch's demise is this Time story explaining why Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov (!) were picked as Men of the Year in 1983. The kicker ...

Vladimir Putin can't seem to decide which of his two heroes he wants to be. The tough guy KGB veteran in him clearly wants to follow the example of the late hard-line Soviet leader Yury Andropov. But ...