graphic design These weird old Soviet anti-alcohol posters are wild Thom Dunn

Audio When people used to press bootleg recordings onto X-Rays to pass around Soviet Russia Thom Dunn

russia Look how cool these old Soviet calendars are Mark Frauenfelder

History The myth that Catherine the Great died having sex with a horse, debunked Ellsworth Toohey

History A stunt pilot doing loops around the Soviet propaganda megaplane crashed into it, killing 45 Ellsworth Toohey

russia Russia has 44 secret cities with 1.5 million people that don't appear on public maps Ellsworth Toohey

books Sci-Hub and Libgen descend from a Soviet tradition of smuggled science Ellsworth Toohey

News U.S. agents bought a portable Russian microwave weapon that may explain Havana Syndrome Ellsworth Toohey

math A classic Soviet logic puzzle: which shooter hit the bullseye? Ellsworth Toohey

History Cold War planners wanted to heat atomic mines with chickens Ellsworth Toohey

Aeroflot Flight 6502: when a pilot's ego killed 70 passengers Ellsworth Toohey

Suspicious deaths Yet another Russian falls out yet another window Jason Weisberger

military America cuts security aid to countries bordering Russia Séamus Bellamy

nazis Finland phasing out swastikas on military unit flags Rob Beschizza

politics America has already fallen into fascism under Trump, says Pulitzer Prize Finalist author Ellsworth Toohey

politics When traveling, Putin's poop kept in suitcase to prevent it being studied Rob Beschizza

music Heavy metal fans face up to Russia's satanism ban Rob Beschizza

History Britain's Secret Intelligence Service distances new chief from her Nazi grandfather Rob Beschizza

obituaries RIP Boris Spassky: "one of the greatest chess players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman" Ellsworth Toohey

A Gaudi Muass Sein I tried, and failed, to solve the mystery of the Tyrolean tongue choir Jennifer Sandlin