Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, on April 12, 1961. Born on March 9, 1934, as a young man he experienced a meteoric rise from tradesman and tractor specialist to pilot, cosmonaut, and hero of the Soviet Union.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the ninth week of 2019.
Seventy years of hostility in the Himalayas has led Pakistan and India back to the brink of major conflict.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the eighth week of 2019.
The student capturing the poignant remnants of Europe’s vanished Jews.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the seventh week of 2019.
The rise and fall of the Red Army's "budyonovka" cap.
As 'Taliban 2.0' joins competing peace talks with various stakeholders, archival photos paint a stark image of life in Afghanistan under the radical Islamic group's 1996-2001 rule.
Iran has marked the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution that ended the monarchy and heralded the start of four decades of clerical rule.
How an army without a nation fought its way across Russia and on to independence.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the sixth week of 2019.
Forty years ago, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini spearheaded an Islamic Revolution that deposed Iran's shah. The country's authoritarian monarchy was replaced by a repressive theocracy, and almost overnight, Iran was transformed from a crucial U.S. ally to bitter foe.
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