The door on the fifth floor of a crumbling Soviet-era tower block was flung open by ... was a construction worker abroad on a project. The homes had been built into the hillside by the skilled ...

PISKY, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) - In a ruined Soviet-era apartment block in Pisky, near the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk, huge chunks of roof and walls lie scattered about the floor ...

A submarine base in Balaklava was once a Soviet secret, then it reopened as a tourist museum. Now, observers claim the base ...