In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, expecting an easy victory. Instead, they ...

The Soviet Army, with its enormous size and power, was the largest and most formidable military force in history. Between ...

As of June 1, 2025, at least 8,625 troops had been killed in combat, 10,491 were listed as missing in action, and another ...

Known officially as the 3-line rifle M1891 and informally in Russia and the former Soviet Union as Mosin’s rifle. The 3-line rifle, Model 1891, its original official designation, was adopted by the ...

Germany’s conflict with the Soviet Union represented a level of brutality not seen in the other areas of Europe during World War II. Of all the German casualties suffered during the Second World ...

Nearly two years into an invasion with increasingly vague goals, recent photos show symbols from Russia’s Soviet past becoming increasingly mainstreamed as a rallying point for Russian troops.

Russia’s war on Ukraine shows no sign of letting up. Nor does the casualty rate in the Russian military, which by most accounts has lost more men in six months than the Soviet Army did in a ...

The Russian imperial army and navy disintegrated after the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917, so the Council of the People's Commissars created the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on a voluntary ...

The Soviet Union developed the BTR-50P in the early 1950s. It entered service in 1954 and, for the next 12 years, was the Soviet army’s main fighting vehicle.

A submarine that sunk during World War II has been discovered off the Pacific Coast, Russia's Pacific Fleet said Monday. The Malyutka -class submarine went missing during the war in the Peter the ...

Russia’s annual procession has long been a key event in Putin’s calendar as a chance for him to rally public support and show off his country’s military power.

The Mi-24 ranks as the fastest helicopter in the fleet, and it comes from the Soviet Union. (These are the most heavily armed Russian aircraft currently in service.) ...