An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered ...

Ukraine is one of Europe's largest countries that most people know nothing about. Here's where it's located and how it gained independence from USSR.

It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 into 15 separate countries. And what a ride it’s been. The West has reaped the fruits of the USSR’s loss, expanding NATO to ...

"The Soviet Union has been split." The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 remade the world map and upended global politics. Fifteen countries were produced, and power shifted across Europe and Asia.