Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday that revived the Soviet-era “Mother Heroine” award for women with 10 children or more, in an apparent attempt to alleviate a ...

The Trump administration is reportedly exploring a series of pronatalist policies—including awarding medals to women with six or more children—a tactic similar to those historically used by ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands near a flag with portraits of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin while visiting a factory in Ivanovo, Russia, on March 6,2020.

The original statue, depicting Joseph Stalin with a wry smile, surrounded by admiring children and worshipful workers, was removed long before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

In 1952, amid the rising tensions of the Cold War, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin dispatched a note that promised to reshape Germany’s future and, by extension, the geopolitical landscape of Europe.

In 1919 Stalin marries his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva and they have two children – Svetlana and Vassily. He abuses Nadezhda and she eventually kills herself in 1932.

Russians came in dribs and drabs to lay flowers on Monday to the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's purges, on an official day of remembrance largely shunned by an establishment keen to ...

Having gained access to secret documents in Russia’s archives, biographer Edvard Radzinsky wrote a comprehensive biography about Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) who, after dismantling the tsarist ...

Originally, the honor was introduced by Joseph Stalin after World War II, when the Soviet population plunged by tens of millions. The award stopped with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday that revived the Soviet-era "Mother Heroine" award for women with 10 children or more, in an apparent attempt to alleviate a demographic ...