85 barracks and store houses razed by 12 tons of explosives as Defence Ministry clears site.

Former spies and military operatives write handbook for tourists and hunters, using techniques learned during Soviet era.

Located close to border region pivotal in war with Japan, experts say the pass was used to exchange intelligence.

The president's visit to Novosibirsk honours one of the Soviet Union's great heroes but also set the course for future Russian military aviation.

Population told there is a 'need' to get back into the garden or field and pull together to overcome economic crisis.

Kate Balkitskaya enjoys Black Russian cocktails in Siberian 'capital' Novosibirsk.

One of the giants of science in the Soviet and post-USSR eras, a former president of the Academy of Sciences, died aged 87 after a long illness.

As the world prepares to herald in the arrival of 2015, we look back at the winter celebrations of the Soviet yesteryear.