On March 5, 1953, the Soviet Union faced a massive shift in power. Joseph Stalin, the leader who had ruled the nation since 1924, died in ...

Today, March 5, marks the 73rd anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin. Few figures of the 20th century shaped world history as profoundly as the Soviet dictator. His name stands both for the rise ...

On February 25, 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivered what would become known as the “Secret Speech.” This ...

March 9th marks significant historical turning points. From the 1908 founding of football giant Inter Milan to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The monument to Stalin in Melitopol. Photo: Russian Communist party The Russians have set up a monument to Soviet dictator Joseph ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under the leadership of current President Vladimir Putin, Russia is trying to impose a positive image of Soviet dictator Joseph ...

TBILISI, Georgia — A shiny shard of nose and a crumbling sliver of whiskers from a long-destroyed stone statue are among Grigori Oniani's most prized possessions. That's because the pieces once were ...

Why did Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet specifically in Yalta? What preceded this conference? How was the security of the three heads of state ensured? What was the main outcome of the Yalta ...

For a quarter of a century, Russia was ruled by a man remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in history. A figure so monolithic in his power and influence over the country he governed that to ...

Russian legislators are looking to ban people from likening the behavior of the Soviet Army and Joseph Stalin to the actions of Nazi soldiers and Adolf Hitler. Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, ...