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‘Miracle on Ice’ anniversary: See photos of U.S. Hockey’s win over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics

Millions of Americans who watched Team USA lose an overtime thriller to rival Canada in the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off hockey championship this week got a taste of what it was like in 1980 — but ...
Yahoo

Soviet victory flags are appearing in Russian-occupied Ukraine, report says, as intel says Russia wants a big win before its May 9 'Victory Day'

A copy of the Banner of Soviet Army's victory in the Great Patriotic War (World War II) in front of the Great Patriotic War Museum in Moscow, Russia in 2016..Dmitry Savostianov/NurPhoto via Getty ...
NBC Sports

Last Soviet goalie to win Olympic gold, first to play in NHL, dies at 58

Sergey Mylnikov, the goalie for the last Soviet Olympic hockey team and the first Russian goalie to play in the NHL, died at age 58, according to Russia’s hockey federation. Mylnikov played every ...
Reuters

Last Soviet leader Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies aged 91

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow ...
The Harvard Crimson

Soviet Effort to Win Neutral Students Hits Snag as Africans Protest Rules

In recent years the Soviet Union has been making a major effort to win friends among the students of the developing nations. Many of these young people will soon assume positions of influence in the ...
The National Interest

Could Nuclear Artillery Have Helped the Soviet Union Win a War in Europe?

Here’s What You Need to Know: The entire concept quickly became obsolete. In the 1950s, both NATO and Warsaw Pact doctrine focused on the employment of tactical nuclear weapons. Truly strategic ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Soviet Anti-jewish Policy Linked to Effort to Win Ex-nazis

The Moscow charges against the nine “terrorist” doctors accused of taking orders from American Jews to kill top Soviet leaders are an indication that the Soviet Union is seeking some way of working ...