Jorma Tommila returns as the world’s most able-bodied angry old man in blood-soaked follow-up, which may not be better, but ...

German entertainers Alice and Ellen Kessler died at age 89 on the same day in 2025. The duo — who were known professionally as The Kessler Twins — reportedly made the decision to have an assisted ...

Ukrainian-born composer Dmitri Klebanov wrote his Symphony No.1 to honor the mass murders of 30,000 Jews in Kiev during WWII, ...

Under the baton of conductor Viacheslav Valeev, the Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra performs in Beijing on Nov 14 and ...

Ann Bond Reinhart of Odenton, Maryland, is seen in Winchester's Hideaway Cafe as she reads one of the letters sent by German ...

A stage adaptation of the Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War” gives Soviet women credit for their complex roles in World War II. By Laura Cappelle Reviewing from ...

This weekend, more than 20 former Soviet nations competed at Intervision 2025. Russian President Vladimir Putin revived the song contest after Russia was banned from Eurovision in response to its ...

Perhaps the Eurovision ban is starting to bite, because three years after Russia was booted from the beloved song contest following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, it is reviving a Soviet-era ...

Russia has revived Intervision, a Soviet-era song contest, with 22 countries participating. Critics argue the event serves as a geopolitical tool, reflecting Moscow's anti-Western outlook and rivaling ...

Stephen Coates started collecting contraband Soviet bootlegs, known as “ribs,” more than 10 years ago.Courtesy of The X-Ray Audio project During the harshest days of Soviet censorship, it was nearly ...