Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of death ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at 91. Gorbachev instituted major reforms that contributed to the collapse of the USSR in 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Peace ...

The Soviet Union ceased to exist as a nation 30 years ago today. On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union. The Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered ...

Miklhail Gorbachev in Moscow, on 15 Feb. 2013. Senior Correspondent Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died, according to Russian media. He was 91. He will be ...

In 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed, the average Russian got married between the ages of 18 and 24, had one or two children, and was expected to live to the age of 69. About 1-in-8 Russians ...

Lithuanian citizens who lost relatives during the Soviet Union’s crackdown on their country’s attempt to reach independence, on Thursday sued former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the ...

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania has charged 66 citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine with war crimes and crimes against humanity over the deaths of 13 civilians in a Soviet crackdown on the Baltic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed he worked as a taxi driver in the 1990s following the breakup of the Soviet Union, which ...

Unknown to most Long Islanders is that during the Cold War the United States had nuclear surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles deployed in Nassau and Suffolk counties — the last line of defense ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, according to the Associated Press. The Central Clinical Hospital in ...