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

71 years ago today, on March 5, 1953, Joseph Stalin died. Born December 18, 1878, he had ruled over Russia in various capacities from 1921 until his death, and changed the world in the process.

On 11th September 1930, members of an elusive secret society were arrested by Joseph Stalin's secret police. Could these have been the last of the Russian Templars? Some historians argue this was ...

A new statue of Joseph Stalin is set to be installed in Russia. The former Soviet leader, who ruled the USSR from 1924 until ...

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

What do you think, which feeling does a person have more: patriotism, passion for money or fear? It seems that many people's ...

Did it mean Russian support for the Treaty of Versailles and the Polish Corridor? Germany must know! Stalin must speak! — such was the smart Tageblatt-Ludwig gate-crashing approach.

Joseph is wracked with grief. He leaves his son to be cared for by his wife’s parents and throws himself into his revolutionary work. He adopts the name 'Stalin' which means 'steel' in Russian.

Russia's judicial system exhibits a staggering conviction rate, far exceeding even Stalin-era courts, with only 0.25% of ...

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin first heard officially ... that the bomb constituted a threat to Russia." Within weeks, Stalin issued a decree that made the development of the atomic bomb a top ...