Olga Freidenberg’s journals recorded the indignities and horrors of daily life in the Soviet Union.

Is there any point to another Stalin biography? Before the opening of the old Soviet archives, three decades ago, the best historians mastered the limited available sources and proceeded to fill in ...

This week, yet another poll confirmed Joseph Stalin’s unwavering hold on the popular imagination of Russians. Surveys have documented steadily rising admiration for the Soviet leader in the last ...

ONE permanent element of Russia’s policy in Asia which stands out with reasonable definiteness and clarity in the historical record is the sheer geopolitical necessity of protecting from foreign ...

• The tale circulated online for years, but this new version uses the story to criticize anti-COVID-19 measures. • The anecdote was written decades after Stalin’s death by an anti-Stalinist author who ...

Nostalgia for the Soviet-era is still highly evident in many Eastern European countries, according to a survey from Pew Research. It found that the breakup of the USSR is perceived as a positive ...

Russian Communists queue to lay flowers at Stalin's grave to mark the 130th anniversary of his birth in Red Square, Moscow.Ivan Sekretarev / AP It’s hard to imagine any of Russia’s current leaders ...