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Bilbo Baggins addresses his birthday party in "Khraniteli," a Russian language adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" from 1991

Rediscovered Soviet TV Version of "The Lord of the Rings" Is Kind of Insane

Seemingly lost for 30 years, the low-budget take is now on YouTube

CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR TESTING IN KAZAKHSTAN (Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

How to Make an ‘Atomic Lake’ (Nuclear Bomb Required)

On this day 54 years ago, the Soviet Union took drastic measures to make artificial body of water.

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Confessions of a Soviet Assassin
Soviet Union Space Program Commemorative Stamp, CCCP, Mars Mission, 1971. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

How Historic First Mission to Mars Surface… Ended in a Crash Landing
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A Century of Secrets and Dangerous Journeys Delivered by State Dept.’s Diplomatic Courier Service

The Mysterious Death of the Soviet Spy-Turned-Defector Who Defied Stalin

Police ruled Walter Krivitsky committed suicide, but was it perfect crime?

Soviet technician working on sputnik 1, 1957. (Photo by: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)

That Time the Air Force Literally Shot at Space in Response to Soviet Launch of Sputnik

U.S. struggled to react to sudden development in both the Space Race and the Cold War.

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