IN THE SPRING OF 2022, THE EARLY DAYS and weeks of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine were marked by a drastic hardening of authoritarianism in Russia—or, perhaps more accurately, a drastic plunge from ...

Stalin's likeness is located near the Battle of Stalingrad Museum and is flanked by similar busts of World War II-era Soviet leaders Georgy Zhukov and Alexander Vasilevsky. Statues of the communist ...

Moscow was gay and confident. Twice within the week gun salvos announced new successes. The Dnieper had been crossed. Kiev’s recapture was near. The winter’s chill breath was already upon the city, ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow's busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator. The ...

Russians have the chance to pick the greatest Russian ever as part of a 13-part TV series that began airing there this month. Online voting... Was Stalin The Greatest Russian In History? Russians have ...

How did Stalin turn Christmas into a secular New Year’s celebration? Discover the fascinating history of Soviet Christmas ...

March 5 (Reuters) - The Communists of Russia party has asked the FSB security service and top prosecutors to investigate the possible involvement of Western intelligence services in the death of ...

On his deathbed, Lenin attempted to ensure unified leadership within his party. After his death in 1924, Lev Trotsky, his ...

The Winter Olympics in China are about to open, a welcome propaganda exercise for an authoritarian regime. Eight years ago at Sochi 2014, Vladimir Putin took a vainglorious turn on the world stage, ...

Communist No. 1 had not only thrown 85 divisions of the Red Army into Poland and mobilized a total of more than 4,000,000 troops last week, but all over Russia thousands of fresh conscripts continued ...

GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - When Russian bombs began falling on Gori, Robert Maglakelidze took a desperate decision: he loaded his car with a precious consignment and fled along the dangerous road to ...

Russians have the chance to pick the greatest Russian in history during a 13-part TV series that began airing there this month. Internet voting has already generated controversy by temporarily putting ...