After all, NKVD men were standing in the hall applauding and watching to see who quit first! And in that obscure, small hall, unknown to the Leader, the applause went on – six, seven, eight minutes!

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin terrorised his own people, but for the first time a survey suggests that most Russians view him favourably. The respected Levada Center polled Russians aged 18 and ...

From the tiny steps leading up to the second floor, to his private pool that was only 5-feet deep, to the small army cot in which he slept, many of Stalin's peculiarities are on display just a few ...

Fifty-seven years after his death and nearly 20 years after the collapse of the state he helped build, Joseph Stalin still haunts post-Soviet Russia. Last year he ranked third in an online vote ...