Donald Trump’s telephone calls with Vladimir Putin hearken back to Franklin Roosevelt’s way of handling Joseph Stalin.

How did Stalin get away with murder? Stalin’s name meant "man of steel" and he lived up to it. He oversaw the war machine that helped defeat Nazism and was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union ...

Joining Kate for this third episode of our limited series, Real Wives of Dictators, is Sheila Fitzpatrick, historian of the Soviet Union and author of books including The Death of Stalin. This episode ...

W hen the leader of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953, millions in the country wept with grief. Many ...

It is difficult to say how sincere the people of Russia were in their manifestations of grief over the final departure from the scene of Joseph ... in the Soviet Union under Stalin’s own guidance.

Reviewed by Christopher Bishop (University of Southern Mississippi) ...

Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, fell in love with Indian royal Kunwar Brajesh Singh, but Soviet politics denied their marriage. Their tragic romance ended with his death in 1967.