Beginning in 1936, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin set about deliberately murdering 700,000 people in the Great Purge, an act of mass killing that “constituted a form of rule” unto itself, ...

Shoigu was demoted from his longtime role as defense minister in May 2024 and made the secretary of Russia's Security Council. The "purge" of senior officials in the defense ministry and military ...

The Russian statesman also announced plans to ... One monument was dedicated to the victims of Stalin’s Great Purge, and the ...

Prime focus of the Comrades’ trouble in the Russian satellite countries was Yugoslavia Heretic Marshal Tito, who continued to defy Moscow. But it was also a great year for purges inside Russia ...

Russian elites are reportedly feeling unnerved following a huge military purge as the backlash against Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine rages on. Over the past year severa,l high-profile associates ...