Find out more about the Russian circus performers in Vegas on Kim Palchikoff's blog, http://rbth.ru/blogs/circus. The collapse of the Soviet Union left thousands of ...

Freelance writer and avid adventure-seeker Darmon Richter is well-versed in the art of "urban exploration," or the practice of exploring "derelict, closed and normally inaccessible built environments" ...

A Soviet husband-and-wife high-wire team slipped away from the Moscow Circus road show in Buenos Aires Wednesday night and defected to the United States. ”We want to be, above all, free citizens of ...

A 125-member Soviet circus on a two-year goodwill tour of the United States is stranded in Georgia and its animals are stuck in New Jersey because it has run out of money. The Great Circus Bim Bom, ...

Kessia, a 20-month-old Soviet bear, arrived in Chicago by van Friday and promptly checked into a quiet Near North Side hotel for what she hoped to be a relaxing weekend of vegetable-snacking and Super ...

Three years ago, as the era of perestroika was beginning, rock producer Steve Leber went to the Soviet Union to look at Soviet rock acts. The one-time manager of rock acts such as Aerosmith, AC/DC and ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union left thousands of elite circus performers out of a job, so where else would they go, but Vegas? Circus Soviet GLYNN WASHINGTON, HOST: On SNAP JUDGMENT right here, from ...

Proud of their tractors and power plants, Russians are even more proud of their schools. Their claims are that illiteracy has all but vanished; that there is education for everyone, from ...

GLYNN WASHINGTON, HOST: On SNAP JUDGMENT right here, from PRX and NPR, we proudly present, "Circus Circus," amazing stories from the greatest show in the land. Step right up, step right up. I'll be ...