As reports of a German invasion poured in, Stalin refused to believe them. This episode uncovers the mindset behind one of history’s greatest misjudgments. German deception, fearful advisers, and ...

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 ...

Under Stalin’s ruthless drive for control, the policy of Dekulakization aimed to eliminate any trace of independence among ...

As Hitler’s armies gathered on the Soviet border, warning after warning poured into Moscow — yet Stalin refused to believe an ...

Photos have a way of immortalizing history in its rawest form, capturing the feelings, hardships, and victories in ways words ...

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

In the frozen forests of Courland, 1945, Major Sepp Brandner’s outgunned StuG brigade stood alone against the Soviet Union’s fearsome IS-2 tanks. Surrounded, battered, and running low on ammunition, ...

Open AI's Sora 2 app allows anybody to create videos of whatever they want and random internet folks have been creating ...

But as someone who spent a career studying the Soviet Union and Russia, I do have one recommendation that is both a moving ...

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

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

Belarusian security forces detained hundredsof protesters on Sunday at rallies in Minsk the opposition had billed as "the march of neighbours", local police and a rights group reported.