Photos donated to a Hungarian archive reveal the devastating aftermath of the siege of Budapest, which ended 80 years ago.

Black grouse and caviar helped Stalin get much of what he wanted, but his Red Army counted for more, says a notable historian ...

Churchill in Moscow review. Roger Allam stars as the British Bulldog in an atmospheric World War 2 booze-up with Stalin at ...

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

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

It was no surprise to Kremlin watchers that Vladimir Putin waxed nostalgic with Donald Trump about the joint roles their ...

Tskaltubo in Georgia was once one of the largest spa towns in the Soviet Union, with hundreds of thousands of people visiting ...

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

When the young Finnish woman left her home country in the 1930s, she was headed for Stalin's Soviet Russia, lured by the dream of living in a worker's paradise. But that dream turned into a nine ...

Moscow a top-secret meeting occured between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin as the Nazis rampaged through Europe and into ...

On their anniversaries, Yalta and Helsinki offer lessons for Ukraine, Trump, and the balance of power in Europe.