One day in 1985, an eighteen-year-old named Riho Terras turned up at the Soviet armed forces’ large conscript assessment facility in Tallinn, some two hours from his hometown of Kohtla-Järve in ...

To understand the nature and shortcomings of the Russian war in Ukraine, it is important to reflect on the nature and evolution of Russian military doctrine. Throughout the history of the Soviet Union ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Soviet military combined grandiose vision and global aspiration with a defense-industrial base that had severe limitations. For nearly seven decades, the ...