December 30th has witnessed a plethora of significant events throughout history, shaping the world in various ways. One of ...

On Dec. 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, officially came into existence, as leaders gathered in ...

Published on this day in 1973, "The Gulag Archipelago" drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's experiences as a ...

Thanks to Marcelo Yunes of the Nuevo MAS (Argentina) for alerting us to this letter. It is published in the French edition of ...

Back in 1957, jazz icon Louis Armstrong was asked by the US State Department to travel to the Soviet Union preaching "US values", but the trumpeter refused.

Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit. USSR established On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and ...