Mr. Spassky went home to a cold reception in the Soviet Union, where he had become a national disappointment. He was wealthy by Russian standards, having won $90,000 in prize money at Reykjavik.

Built at a time when the Soviet Union was trying to project naval power on par with the West, the Admiral Kuznetsov carried enormous symbolic value.

The Peoples' Friendship Arch in Kiev was unveiled in 1982 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Ukraine with Russia in 1654 MOSCOW, May 20. /TASS/.

MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. Russia condemns Berlin’s decision to prohibit symbols connected to the Great Patriotic War, Russia and the USSR for May 8 and 9, calling for a withdrawal of the ban and an ...