Today, President Donald Trump doubles down on strength and arrogance, and puts an end to protecting the world for free, ...

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 Vissarionovich Stalin. After more than a quarter of ...

Back in 1931, when Stalin was ruthlessly liquidating the kulaks in his drive to collectivize the land, he gave one of his rare interviews to outsiders. His guests were George Bernard Shaw and Lady ...

In reality, Lenin was being deceitful. The starving people of the Volga region, Kazakhstan, and especially southern Ukraine ...

The origins of chess go back 1500 years, to Ancient India. India also gave the toffs their polo – and the masses Snakes and Ladders. More of the latter later. I wasn’t too bad at Scrabble ...

Friday March 23, 1984, dawned cold and grey at the Baltic port of Swinoujscie, in northwestern Poland, as the rusting ferry Wilanów, arriving from Copenhagen, spilled vehicles on to the dock, where ...

BORN: Jan. 8, 1902. ORIGIN: Cossack from Ural region. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS: Height, 5 ft. 7 in.; weight, 250 Ibs. FAMILY STATUS: Married to an actress, his second wife ...

The siege of Leningrad—872 days of relentless bombardment, starvation, and an unforgiving winter that turned the Neva River into a frozen tomb—remains one of history’s most haunting ...

Georgy Zhukov was Stalin’s top general. During World War II, he led the Red Army from victory to victory, but when peace ...