Cold war on Reds launched by U.S. to capitalize on Stalin death WASHINGTON, March 6, 1953 (UP) -- The Eisenhower Administration launched a top secret psychological warfare offensive against ...

The Death of Stalin trailer cued us up to expect a Monty Python-style farce (helped along by the presence of Michael Palin, who plays the old warhorse Molotov). That's only halfway true.

They proved the better maneuverers. Death of a Rival. Zhdanov’s own son, Yuri, was chief of the scientific propaganda section. Malenkov, with Stalin’s backing, forced Yuri to publish a ...

But just days after Stalin’s death, in 1953, the project was canceled amid the subsequent “thaw.” Since then, the railway’s gulag camps have lain abandoned, sinking further into the forest ...

Stalin gains new skills working as a mediator for officials throughout the party. After Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin begins ruthlessly promoting himself as his political heir. Many in the party ...