The death of Vadim Medvedev marks the quiet end of an era when Communist apparatchiks ruled the Soviet Union from behind closed doors. A look back at the Politburo – an opaque, feared body that ran an ...

In 1977, the Politburo approved adjustments to the national anthem, where Mr. Mikhalkov replaced references to Stalin with phrases glorifying Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, who "led us on to ...

Soviet Union: Soldier’s Return 2 minute read DEPARTMENT April 12, 2005 12:00 AM EDT ...

Gennady Yanayev, 73, a leader of the abortive 1991 Soviet coup who briefly declared himself president, replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, died Sept. 24 in Moscow. No cause of death was reported.

It was the first press conference ever held by a Premier of the Soviet Union. Some press conference. Flanked by the other Soviet delegates to the Parley at the Summit-Khrushchev, Molotov, Zhukov ...

Delegates to the party's nationwide congress voted by a large margin to include the party leaders of the 15 Soviet republics in an expanded Politburo.