Voinovich, who left the Soviet Union in 1980, generally writes about exactly the opposite in The Fur Hat and his other novels. His characters are often weak, spineless, not particularly lovable ...

In the summer of 2020, Facebook users shared a meme that claimed U.S. first lady Melania Trump posted a photograph of herself wearing a Russian hat emblazoned with a Soviet army badge -- but ...

The Sun’s political editor Harry Cole donned a Soviet military hat and played the USSR’s national anthem as he mocked Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in announcing that “those loyal to former ...

After Belarus (slightly) updated its official crest, we had a look at some other former Soviet emblems, before and after independence. Uzbek S.S.R. All Soviet emblems were required to feature the ...

One corner was dominated by a huge Russian Federation flag, while a Soviet cap was displayed proudly on top of a bookcase and a large cuddly toy Rottweiler wearing a Russian military hat sat on ...

President Vladimir V. Putin wants Russia to return to the past, at least symbolically, by adopting its Soviet-era anthem and czarist-era coat of arms. After a meeting with leaders of the ...

A trident has been raised on Kyiv’s Motherland Monument to replace a Soviet crest. Footage posted to Telegram on Saturday, 5 August, shows workers hoisting the tryzub, a three-pronged emblem of ...