Hundreds of thousands of prisoners from forced labour camps built railroad tracks in one of the most inhospitable regions of ...

Recently published books can help readers better understand Russia and the war in Ukraine. Here is a list of must-read books.

A controversial memoir of a Finnish woman who migrated to Stalin’s Soviet Russia in the 1930s and escaped in 1941. Ninety ...

Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a ...

The annexation of Western Ukraine to the USSR was a political mistake by Joseph Stalin, which led to major negative ...

As the debate over U.S. policy toward Ukraine continues, positions taken by the Trump Administration have sparked renewed discussion about America's role in the conflict. Trump's assertion that he ...

Musicians in the Time of Stalin by Michel Krielaars emphasises the challenges artists faces during the Soviet era.

John Wayne survived Stalin's assassination order on his life by terrifying the KGB hitmen sent to take him out.

With its arsenal depleted and its reputation battered in Ukraine, Russia must make hard choices to rebuild its military power ...

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He adopts the name 'Stalin' which means 'steel' in Russian. He is arrested on a number of occasions and exiled to Siberia in 1910. Lenin organises the Russian Revolution and promises “peace ...