In the summer of 1943, the Germans captured dozens of Soviet prisoners of war during the Battle of Smolensk. However, one of them stood out. It was Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Joseph Stalin.

The deal in Gaza could permanently change the region for the better—but there are dangers too.

This video examines the First Soviet Five-Year Plan, launched in 1928 under Joseph Stalin to transform the USSR from a rural society into an industrial power. We explore how rapid industrialization, ...

It’s a battle we are fighting between good and evil, between the jungle and civilization, and yeah, sometimes we must fight ...

It was mid-winter in post-war Glasgow, when smog hung thick over the city’s slums and the sounds of heavy industry echoed from the Clyde to ...

An example of this conflict occurred in the 1920s when Trofim Lysenko, a Soviet biologist, rejected natural selection in favor of acquired characteristics. Lysenko believed that characteristics could ...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee chooses the winner of the Peace Prize and the five committee members are elected by Norway’s ...

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. But in 1936, Joseph Stalin attended a performance of Shostakovich's opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. The ...

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The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...