This article examines how Soviet and post-Soviet forms of Russian nationalism used ethnic engineering – above all mass deportations and demographic reshuffling – to transform ethno-national diversity ...

The top game in the US National Football League (NFL) – the Super Bowl – kicks off at 30 minutes after midnight early on Monday morning German time. But that’s not a problem for the millions of fans ...

Eighty-three years ago today, the largest and bloodiest battle in human history came to an end. On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia preserves thousands of research materials and artifacts in the South Bottoms District of Lincoln. In the early 20th ...

BERLIN — Having grown up in West Berlin after World War II, Eike Schur’s fondest childhood memories are largely about America. The American GIs who occupied his Kreuzberg neighborhood tossed him packs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images In mid-January 2026, a rumor circulated online that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security used a lectern ...

FARGO — The heart of the Germans from Russia community lies just over 200 miles west of Fargo in North Dakota counties like Emmons, McIntosh and Logan. While the Germans from Russia Heritage ...

A terse little paragraph on the back page of Pravda disclosed last week that “Army General Ivan Aleksandrovich Serov has been released from his duties as chairman of the State Security Committee in ...

In 24 days during the fall of 1946, a German novelist known as Hans Fallada produced a rare, and now especially timely, literary touchstone: a humane depiction of muted resistance. Every Man Dies ...

For 58 days, Soviet defenders clung to the western bank of the Volga while German troops smashed their way through the ruined city. Bombing raids lit Stalingrad on fire, casualties soared, and ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday implored Germans to either embrace uncomfortable reforms or watch their economy fade. “Our nation is in the midst of an important, perhaps decisive phase in ...

The 53rd annual Oktoberfest took place at Municipal Park over the weekend to celebrate Volga German heritage in Hays. A popular tradition among Ellis County residents, the festival coincided with ...