Long before Concorde became a symbol of luxury and prestige, the Soviet Union unveiled its own supersonic airliner — the Tu-144. Faster, larger, and built under intense political pressure, it was ...

Months before Concorde flew, the Soviet Union unveiled its own supersonic passenger aircraft. Faster and more powerful on ...

The Motherland Monument — a 335-foot-tall stainless steel behemoth towering over Ukraine’s capital — was unveiled in 1981 and designed to assert Soviet invincibility. By Cassandra Vinograd and Sarah ...