In March of 1953, Moscow, and the rest of the Soviet Union, fell under a spell. On March 5th, a sombre male voice on the radio, heard on loudspeakers mounted in public spaces throughout the U.S.S.R., ...
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Joseph Stalin and the birth of a totalitarian state
Joseph Stalin did not begin life as a conqueror or tyrant. Born in 1878 as Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili in what is now Georgia, he came from poverty, abuse, and instability. His father, an ...
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How Joseph Stalin helped and hindered the Red Army in World War II
The video examines Red Army strategy in World War II and challenges myths about Soviet tactics. It looks at Joseph Stalin's ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ukraine is bringing charges against Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and his ...
GORI, GEORGIA—The specter of Joseph Stalin haunts every inch of the room. Sculptures, portraits, and framed newspaper clippings of the moustached dictator populate the hallways. Stalin’s wood tobacco ...
Russian Communists queue to lay flowers at Stalin's grave to mark the 130th anniversary of his birth in Red Square, Moscow.Ivan Sekretarev / AP It’s hard to imagine any of Russia’s current leaders ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin has returned to Moscow's intricate metro ...
BERLIN — East Berlin looks drab, dingy and miserable until you hit Stalin Allee. This broad avenue used to be Frankfurter ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia erects Stalin monument in occupied Melitopol to mark Victory Day The Communist Party of Russia unveiled a monument to ...
When Malachi heard about the Texas History Day competition, he wrote a play about the Soviet dictator, and enlisted his friends Cayden, Lyric and Jurem to act as civilians and henchmen. We spent a ...
One Joseph Stalin was one too many. The new play now at A Red Orchid Theatre is about the existential angst that flows from an acting role only a Soviet apparatchik could truly love: standing in for a ...
Reilly hopes the short film will remind people "that big lives always start small, and even tiny dusty towns in the middle of nowhere can produce people who can shape a brighter future for us all." ...
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