On his deathbed, Lenin attempted to ensure unified leadership within his party. After his death in 1924, Lev Trotsky, his most trusted follower, was disposed of by Stalin, who eventually forced him ...

MOSCOW (AP) — 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 ...

The future of Greece after World War II was decided between Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin, who met secretly in Moscow.

In his later years, Ioseb Jughashvili, or Joseph Stalin, the self-styled “Man of Steel,” was a physical wreck. Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, rendered lame his left hand. Rheumatoid ...

Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, pressure to succeed and trying to fit in; but also experience of famine, exile ...

As far as 20th century tyrants go, Joseph Stalin earned his place to be ranked near the top of the pile. Tens of millions died at his hands, and while he made the Soviet Union a superpower and helped ...

Not so much The Hunt for Red October as a hunt for the nearest mechanic. Thus guffawed Nato secretary general Mark Rutte at ...

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the ...

Rare T-54/55 tanks, mass-produced from 1948 to 1979, have reappeared in the statistics of Russian losses at the front. This ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -From railways and automobiles to metals, coal, diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial ...

UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 19:01 US EDT ON SUNDAY 20 TH JULY 2025 / 00:01 UK TIME (BST) ON MONDAY 21 ST JULY 2025 Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable ...