happy mutants 20th Century Men brilliantly flips the Cold War on its head, with superheroes Thom Dunn

Soviet Union The Soviet Union's TOPGUN counterpart Andrew Yi

CIA CIA releases new documents about Russian telepathy experiments in the 60s Thom Dunn

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

toys Check out this 1931 Soviet guide to turning potatoes into toys Popkin

super mario Watch the Super Mario Bros teach Mikhail Gorbachev how to make pizza Thom Dunn

mistakes Soviet Lord of the Rings Rob Beschizza

Soviet Union A too-typical tragedy of science in the Soviet Union Miss Cellania

Soviet Union The great African American escape to Soviet Russia Miss Cellania

Soviet Union Waiting for the American Khrushchev: Who will deliver the "Cult of Personality" speech to Americans? Mark Frauenfelder

video games You can now play the unauthorized Indiana Jones video game created by Czechoslovak protestors in the 80s Thom Dunn

television The time Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial David Pescovitz

books Book of brutalist archictecture postcards from the Soviet era David Pescovitz

cameras Umbrella-camera and other Soviet spy cams up for auction David Pescovitz

dogs Meet the dogs of Chernobyl Séamus Bellamy

books Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums Andrea James

futurism A great look back at Soviet futurism Andrea James

Soviet Union Mechanical movements of the Cold War: how the Soviets revolutionized wristwatches Ben Marks

russia CCCP Cook Book – recipes from the days of Soviet food planners Wink

History Wacky dudes in Russia open 1940s war ration can and eat it because Russia Xeni Jardin