Soviet Marshal and four-time Hero of the Soviet Union ... played at Moscow’s Taganka Drama and Comedy Theater, and starred in many movies. In 1986, Vysotsky was posthumously awarded the title ...

Joe Serio, former CIA agent and Russian mafia investigator, rates Russian mob scenes in movies and TV, such as "John Wick," for realism. Serio breaks down common tropes about the Russian mafia ...

Played by Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV (1985), Drago is the formidable Soviet boxer who faces off against Rocky Balboa in one of the most memorable showdowns in movie history. His imposing physique ...

Consequently, all martial arts were banned, except for the made-up Russian in-house fighting style called sambo. You can never go wrong when it comes to classic kung-fu movies. Here are 10 of the ...