A huge flag of pre-communist Russia, with its colors of white, blue and red, draped the entire length of the parliament building. The crowd looked up and watched as the Soviet red flag, with its ...

Russian soldiers wear the Red Army uniform of World War II and carry Soviet-era military flags with a red star during a parade to mark the Red Army's victory over the Nazis in this May 9, 2000 ...

Communism’s leaders watched their authority flouted, their names assailed, their puppets overthrown, their flags torn down, their soldiers shooting down workers.

The Red Flag: A History of Communism David Priestland, . . Grove, $27.50 (720pp) ISBN 978-0-8021-1924-7. ... and the eventual lagging of economic development in the Soviet empire and China.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistan’s turbulent history over the decades with its ever-changing merch… ...

The Soviets withdrew in 1989 and their local communist allies pulled out in 1992, followed by a period of rule by warlords and civil war. Advertisement The Taliban ruled from 1996-2001, when a U.S ...

An elderly Russian communist supporter waves the Soviet flag as he takes part in a rally on Red Square, March 27, 1997. (Reuters) Today on The Editors, Charlie once again stands in for Rich and is ...

"Prizrak Brigade, Communist militiaman raises the Soviet flag on freed Debaltsevo," the video’s caption read. The brigade is a separatist group in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.The region ...

Poland's public broadcaster has apologized for showing the Soviet flag on one of its newscasts giving the result of the Euro 2012 co-host's match with Russia this week.

The painting is a copy of a famous 1930 artwork called The Miracle On The Vistula by Polish artist Jerzy Kossack, which features a communist flag bearer being overwhelmed by a Polish fighter as ...