What would her father, Josef Stalin, have said? But that was the least of her offenses, from a Stalinist point of view. I got to know Svetlana a bit, not in the flesh, but in preparing a new book ...

Less than five years before the start of the Irish Civil War, the fratricidal terror that followed Russia’s October 1917 ...

Josef Stalin, one of the most powerful and brutal leaders in history, left a legacy of death, destruction, and domination. In this Forgotten History episode, we explore the rise and fall of Stalin ...

NEW YORK, March 4, 1953 (UP) -- Josef Stalin is on his deathbed, two American physicians concluded today from studying the medical bulletin of his eight attending physicians.Even 80 physicians ...

Six times Stalin escaped from exile in Siberia and northern Russia. Advertisement 1905: Met Lenin for the first time at a party conference in Tammerfors, Finland. Stalin's first wife, Ekaterina ...

A rotting railway bridge in the Siberian outback A punishment cell for prisoners A guard’s watchtower in autumn forest These are some of the ruins of Josef Stalin’s abortive “Transpolar ...

Black grouse and caviar helped Stalin get much of what he wanted, but his Red Army counted for more, says a notable historian ...