Twelve years before the historic Apollo 11 mission, the Soviets successfully launched the first artificial satellite called Sputnik into Earth's orbit.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

Russia is particularly irritated by Ukrainian attempts to honor veterans who fought against Soviets and Nazis after initially mistaking Germans as liberators.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Marituu works at Tallinn's Museum of the Occupation, where Nazis and Soviets are both presented as occupiers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Wilson said that one of his regrets was that he was not able to get more funding for schools, hospitals and roads in Afghanistan once the Soviets finally left.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

Regional experts say the Afghan Taliban was able to rise to power in the 1990s after the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and the United States largely pulled out of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20