Each day, Benzinga will take a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened? On Dec. 8, 1991, the Soviet Union, America’s Cold War rivals for decades, ...

262. The adoption of the 1988 Perspectives Resolution The World Capitalist Crisis and the Tasks of the Fourth International by the ICFI and all its sections, ushered in a new era in the history of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed he worked as a taxi driver in the 1990s following the breakup of the Soviet Union, which ...

216. The 1988 Perspectives Resolution prepared the International Committee for the political crisis of Stalinism that erupted in 1989 with mass protests in China, followed shortly thereafter by the ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union who oversaw a series of major reforms to its political and economic structure during the 1980s but was judged by many to bear the primary ...

President Ronald Reagan formed an alliance with Pope John Paul II in the 1980s that contributed to the dissolution of the ...

Although he was initially a key figure in the Communist political machine, Kravchuk eventually evolved into a forceful advocate for independence (AP) Leonid Kravchuk, a one-time Communist Party ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, died at the age of 91 of "a long and grave illness," Russian news agencies reported Tuesday. Gorbachev was one of the major political figures ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed he worked as a taxi driver in the 1990s following the breakup of the Soviet Union, which he described as the demise of “historical Russia.” Discussing the ...

In August 1991, the Soviet empire collapsed. Yet this colossus seemed indestructible: its power had towered over the world for nearly a century. But a collapsed economy, reforms too late to avoid ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of death ...