But while Russia too had lots of top physicists too (physics has long been a kind of contact sport in Russia, even back under the last Tsar), no thought was given, even though the Soviet Union was America’s ally against Germany, to inviting those brilliant scientists — people like Yuri..…

They received at least 100 usable surveys from natives of eight of the former Allied powers—Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, Russia (as a proxy for the former Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, and the United States—and three former Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan. . ..…

Some 80 years ago, on Aug 23, 1939, Nazi Germany and Soviet Union signed Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, known as the. ... The Soviet double-cross of Western democracies ended up almost destroying Russia, which bore the brunt of Germany.. ..…

In the early hours of August 24 seventy years ago Germany and Soviet Russia signed a 'non-aggression pact', which divided the states of Northern and Eastern Europe into German and Soviet 'spheres of influence', effectively slicing Poland into two halves. ..…