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Failed Soviet spacecraft could crash to Earth this week — here's where it might hit (map)
Where will the failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 land when it crashes back to Earth in the coming week? Most major cities ...
AP PHOTOS: On Victory Day, veterans recall the Soviet Union’s sacrifice in World War II
When she heard the news of Nazi Germany surrendering 80 years ago, Valentina Efremova couldn’t believe the devastating war ...
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Soviet spacecraft coming back to Earth
A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...
The road to V-E Day, from the assault on Berlin to bonfires and dancing in the capitals of Europe
— April 29: British Field Marshal Harold Alexander accepts the unconditional surrender of German and Italian forces in Italy ...
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'My dad was shot down over the Soviet Union' - what happens when a US spy plane gets caught?
the Soviet Union appeared to be adopting a much more confrontational attitude to the United States. "The world became step by step this gradually more dangerous place." "My father was very ...
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Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus
"The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos ... in diameter — has been circling the world in a highly elliptical orbit for the past 53 years, gradually dropping in altitude.It's ...
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Expert explains why Soviet Union missed strategic initiative in 1970s
In the 1970s, the Soviet Union missed a strategic initiative because it expected to join the so-called Western community on equal terms, Russian historian, director of the Institute for Systemic and ...