Josef Stalin had nothing to do with the June 6, 1944, Normandy invasion, yet a bust of the Soviet dictator is being given a place at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. This is an unearned ...

the noon, the maturity of man and the peoples.” Such attitudes are, mercifully, now rare. Once known genially as “Uncle Joe,” Stalin is now regularly reviled as a monster and a despot to be ranked ...

And judging from the contents of his speech, the appellation has more to do with his similarities to Joseph Stalin, who was also called Uncle Joe, than the Americans who once occupied Independence ...

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin remains a divisive figure, both in Russia and beyond. The architect of brutal political purges, mass deportations and forced labor camps, nonetheless his domestic ...

“Uncle Joe Stalin is all right—a straight shooter. It’s that doublecrossing little Molotov who causes all the trouble. He’s trying to cut Uncle Joe’s throat ...

What in the world was Uncle Joe up to now? Nobody knew for certain—that was the whole point—but the theories that were put out ranged from 1) “That Stalin is one smart cookie” to 2 ...

When it was announced on 6 March 1953 that Joseph Stalin had died the previous day, he was mourned across half the world. In Moscow, every flower stall was sold out, leaving none for the funeral ...

But this year a shadow has been cast over the festivities by a row over whether posters of Stalin can be hung in the city. Five decades after his death, Russians are still arguing over whether the ...