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Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar's The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia's Shortlived Victory over Totalitarianism. (Wikimedia/amazon.in)

The Dark Side of The Earth: How Russia broke up with the USSR

December 23, 2025 2:44 pm

A human-centred chronicle of Soviet history, ideology, and power, tracing Russia’s rise, disillusionment, and collapse from Gagarin to Gorbachev.

The video highlights the legacy of Raj Kapoor in the former USSR where his films like Awaara and Shree 420 were hugely popular

Georgian musician surprises Indian with Raj Kapoor song: ‘Didn’t have white man vibing to Mera Joota Hai Japani on my 2025 bingo card’

April 22, 2025 4:22 pm

Travel content creator Shreya posted a video of a Georgian accordion player serenading her with the classic tune from the 1955 Hindi film 'Shree 420'.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on February 06, 1985.

February 6, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Officials expelled

February 06, 2025 7:17 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on February 06, 1985.

The Third Edit: Individual stories in an era of data overload

January 30, 2025 6:57 am

Publication of a spate of memoirs paints a reassuring picture of the enduring appeal of people’s stories

Mithun Chakraborty in the film 'Disco Dancer'.

Explained: With Dadasaheb Phalke, a look at the Mithun Chakraborty phenomenon in the USSR and China

October 01, 2024 6:56 pm

Mithun Chakraborty’s films found resonance globally, with some die-hard fans calling themselves ‘Mithunists’ in the erstwhile Soviet Union (now Russia). What was behind his popularity?

Henry Kissinger was a Jewish refugee from Germany and his upbringing was marked by what Jeremi Suri called “the mix of Jewish privilege and exclusion”. (AP)

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: How Henry Kissinger tricked the world

December 01, 2023 9:24 am

Kissinger was the ultimate confidence man. His ability to successfully pull off the appearance of indispensability made him larger than life, and overshadowed any assessment of his actions

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April 22, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Punjab Shake-up

April 21, 2023 11:14 pm

Punjab seems to be in for a major political shake-up, with speculation of replacement of Chief Minister Darbara Singh and a deal with the Akalis.

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Admit atrocities in USSR, China: Kavita Krishnan stirs debate as she leaves CPI(ML)

September 05, 2022 4:48 am

A failure to acknowledge these facts, said Krishnan, has prevented the Indian and global Left from standing with Ukraine — a victim of Russian and Soviet colonialism and imperialism.

Gorbachev's marriage, like his politics, broke the mold

September 04, 2022 4:02 pm

“They were a true pair. She was a part of him, almost always at his side,” then Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany said at Raisa’s funeral in 1999, where Gorbachev wept openly.

Hundreds line up to say farewell to Gorbachev; Putin absent

September 03, 2022 3:40 pm

On Thursday, Putin privately laid flowers at Gorbachev's coffin at a Moscow hospital where he died.

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100 years of USSR: The rise and fall of Soviet Union — in pictures

December 29, 2022 9:12 pm

Five years after the overthrow of Russia's czarist government, four of the socialist republics that had formed in the aftermath signed a treaty on Dec. 30, 1922 to create the USSR.