Soviet Union

1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. Video, 00:01:13
Attribution
BBC
Posted
3 June 2024
1942: News Postscript - Rt Hon Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Audio, 00:07:49
Attribution
BBC
Posted
30 May 2024
1991: Gorbachev resigns as Soviet Union breaks up. Video, 00:02:15
Attribution
BBC
Posted
30 May 2024
1941: Anglo-Soviet Agreement. Audio, 00:01:48
Attribution
BBC
Posted
29 May 2024
2007: Churchill's secretary returns to the war rooms. Video, 00:05:52
Attribution
BBC
Posted
22 May 2024
1987: Superpower treaty to scrap warheads. Video, 00:02:09
Attribution
BBC
Posted
20 May 2024
2002: Cuban Missile Crisis - From Our Own Correspondent. Audio, 00:11:14
Attribution
BBC
Posted
16 May 2024
1962: Cuba Day - Senator Mansfield in Washington. Panorama. Video, 00:07:53
Attribution
BBC
Posted
15 May 2024
1990: Outlook - The 'Fifth Man' Audio, 00:10:37
Attribution
BBC
Posted
13 May 2024
1970: PM - Donald Maclean. Audio, 00:03:47
Attribution
BBC
Posted
9 May 2024
1948: Berlin: Soviet Blockade. Audio, 00:03:27
Attribution
BBC
Posted
8 May 2024
Witness History. The founding of Nato. Audio, 9 minutes
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to block the Soviet Union's expansion
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Putin: From Russia's KGB to a presidency defined by war
Attribution
Europe
Posted
17 March 2024
Witness History. Crimea's Soviet holiday camp. Audio, 9 minutes
The hugely popular Soviet holiday camp, Artek
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Drama on 3. Bacon in Moscow. Audio, 89 minutes
Francis Bacon’s ground-breaking 1988 exhibition in the USSR. With Timothy Spall
Attribution
BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. When Stalin Killed the Weekend (with The Happiness Lab) Audio, 37 minutes
The story of Stalin's curious, calendar-reshaping experiment.
Attribution
BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Witness History. Anna Akhmatova: The poet who defied a regime. Audio, 9 minutes
How the great poet kept writing even through the darkest days of Soviet history
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Real Dictators. Hitler Part 22: The Battle of Stalingrad. Audio, 50 minutes
The Nazi war machine is blown apart in one of the pivotal battles of World War 2.
Attribution
BBC Sounds
Available for 10 months
Hungary-Czechoslovakia invasions were wrong - Putin
Attribution
Europe
Posted
12 September 2023
Russian priest investigated for blessing Stalin statue
Attribution
Europe
Posted
18 August 2023
Ukraine replaces Soviet emblem on Motherland statue. Video, 00:01:17
Attribution
Europe
Posted
6 August 2023
Witness History. The US singer who became the Soviet Union’s Red Elvis. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1966, American Dean Reed was the first western rock star to tour the Soviet Union
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Ukraine finds British WW2 planes outside Kyiv
Attribution
Europe
Posted
2 July 2023
Witness History. Uprising in East Germany. Audio, 9 minutes
On 16 June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule
Attribution
BBC World Service
Available for over a year