It is difficult to say how sincere the people of Russia were in their manifestations of grief over the final departure from the scene of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. After more than a quarter of ...
Is there any point to another Stalin biography? Before the opening of the old Soviet archives, three decades ago, the best historians mastered the limited available sources and proceeded to fill in ...
Russians have the chance to pick the greatest Russian in history during a 13-part TV series that began airing there this month. Internet voting has already generated controversy by temporarily putting ...
The most sensational event in recent Communist history was Nikita Khrushchev’s three-hour secret address to the 20th Congress of the party in February. Ever since, Western intelligence agents have ...
When Karl Marx, of all people, wrote that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, he couldn’t have known of the terrifying end of days of the brutal Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, nor ...
Gathered around the body of Joseph Stalin (played by Adrian McLoughlin) are, from left, Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev, Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov, Dermot Crowley as Lazar Kaganovich and ...
Recent social media posts have juxtaposed two statements about counting votes in elections that are attributed to Joe Biden and the late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. But it’s unlikely Stalin ever said ...
Ivan the Terrible, depicted here circa 1580, became czar of Russia in 1547. He is among 12 finalists for the title of greatest Russian in history. Russians have the chance to pick the greatest Russian ...
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