The Russian Revolution resulted in the establishment of the first Communist state in history and was the work of Vladimir ...

More than 57 years after the death of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, scholars continue to uncover long-hidden truths about his rise to absolute power and the reign of "Great Terror" that took more ...

Stalin's had many (albeit unfavourable) nicknames in both life and death, but by far the strangest is the moniker given to him by former Communist Party rival Leon Trotsky - a man better known for ...

Just like his boss Joseph Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria (1899 – 1953) was born and bred in Georgia. An ethnic Mingrelian (a small nation closely-related to Georgians), during the Russian Civil War ...

A controversial statue of Joseph Stalin has been erected at Moscow's busiest subway station. The move is viewed as a sinister ...

His first friend among prominent Bolshevik leaders was Joseph Stalin, and this relationship defined the rest of Molotov’s life. No matter what office he held, Molotov was devoted and loyal.

Georgia — Here are just a few of the fun facts that visitors learn during a guided tour of the Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the former Soviet leader was born. Joseph ...

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 ...

a million dead is a statistic" is largely attributed to Joseph Stalin. However, such a deep and thoughtful idea was one that largely flew in the face of Stalin's barbarism and several aspersions ...