In 1941, Stalin ordered the formation of special sapper brigades to hold off the German invasion—by 1943, they had become ...

The firing of the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency echoes the USSR of 90 years ago. Throughout the 1930s, Joseph Stalin conducted purges of his military (among other agencies). There were ...

This article was originally posted on Twitter. Seventy years ago, on March 5, 1953, Joseph Stalin died at the age of 73. To the extent that the worst defeats of the working class in the 20th century ...

The prisoner’s voice, nervous at first, rose in a piercing accusation that stunned Belgrade’s District Court. Shouted Milovan Djilas: “This trial is all propaganda. The accusation is based on ...

Historians say there is no evidence that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was Jewish or had Jewish ancestry, contrary to the suggestion made in an online interview by American conservative commentator ...

With its depth of historical re-creation, its cast of famous figures given tantalizingly brief appearances, its scientific, political and sociological threads running away in multiple directions, a ...