In his later years, Ioseb Jughashvili, or Joseph Stalin, the self-styled “Man of Steel,” was a physical wreck. Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, rendered lame his left hand. Rheumatoid ...

On a gastronomical tour through the former Soviet republic, Gary Shteyngart learns that resistance comes in many flavors.

Stalin initially continued some of Lenin’s policies, but by the early 1930s, it was clear that Stalin had his own agenda. In 1934, Stalin reorganized the Soviet Union’s secret police, which changed ...

In “Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin,” playwright Dianne Nora imagines a training session for one of those doubles, with characters based on the real-life figures of Aleksei Dikiy (a ...

At the central Taganskaya station, a new statue has been unveiled. It is of one of Russia's most well-known and controversial leaders, Joseph Stalin, a man who killed millions. Some have welcomed ...

A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin erected in Moscow’s subway is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it’s a mistake to ...

Stalin's Image: A new statue of Joseph Stalin in a Moscow metro station reflects Russia’s efforts to rehabilitate the memory of a bloody ruler.

He crushed rivals, ruled through fear, and reshaped a nation. This is the story of Joseph Stalin, one of history’s most brutal leaders.

Now it’s the turn of Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, two titans of the allied side in the second world war. Churchill in Moscow reunites Brenton with Tom Littler, the successful artistic director ...

Stalin and his family came to relax during the summer months. The house is surrounded by large trees and is painted green to make it more visible from the air, the thread reports. What makes this ...

Historians say there is no evidence that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was Jewish or had Jewish ancestry, contrary to the suggestion made in an online interview by American conservative commentator ...

The statue will be the second in Normandy to commemorate Lord Lovat, who Winston Churchill described to Joseph Stalin as “the mildest-mannered man that ever scuttled ship or cut a throat”.