March 1953: Stalin’s sudden death triggers a whirlwind of conspiracies, paranoia, and a deadly battle for control inside the Kremlin. As Beria, Khrushchev, and the Soviet elite scramble for power, the ...
In 1941, Hitler’s Panthers and Guderian’s panzers pulled off a daring pincer movement that trapped over 600,000 Soviet troops around Kiev. Stalin’s refusal to allow retreat, his purge of top officers, ...
Oct 11 (Reuters) - A new monument to Soviet-era leader Josef Stalin is set to be erected soon in a city in northwest Russia following what the regional governor there said were "appeals from the ...