Now he began to develop the myth of Leninist-Stalinist infallibility. Every Soviet writer, poet, musician and painter was expected to devote his energies to enlarging the myth by incessant repetition.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:” There are neither good people nor bad people, but individuals struggling between good and evil from within.” Annie Holmquist writes, “Have the news and images of chaos that ...

In December 1949, the Soviet regime celebrated Joseph Stalin’s seventieth birthday with great fanfare. Among the visitors who came to Moscow were fellow communist leaders, including those of two ...

Soviet Union founder Lenin is depicted in a huge portrait A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction.

HARVEST ON THE DON (367 pp.) —Mikhail Sholokhov— Knopf ($5). Publication of this novel was held up for two years in the Soviet Union because of its “ideological deviations.” Reportedly, it ...

A life-size portrait of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin and other paintings from the former state are going up for auction. Described as "monumental", they will be up for sale at Wotton ...

(JTA) — Researchers from Israel and Russia discovered the grave of an influential Jewish writer and resistance activist who perished in communist purges at a former Soviet camp for political ...