Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a ...

Many Americans know of Josef Stalin’s Terror of the late 1930s, during which more than 1 million people were arrested for ...

The Kremlin has admitted for the first time to recruiting inmates to fight in the war against Ukraine, saying the recruits "are atoning for their guilt with blood," a phrase first used by Soviet ...

In this Kings and Generals prelude to the Eastern Front series, we examine how the Soviet Union built its military strength before WWII. Starting with Lenin’s early industrial ambitions and moving ...

The Soviet Union suffered the greatest losses of any country as it fought the Nazis in World War II. The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev opened up state archives and historians came up with a new ...

On Nov. 28, 1943, the three key allied leaders in World War II began a four day meeting in Tehran, Iran.

I have noticed that, for a long, long period of time, politicians and the news media in general focus their attention on perhaps a couple of "villains," but rarely comment on the very worst villain in ...

Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin, or “Uncle Joe” to ...

MOSCOW — A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator. The ...