Spiridon Ivanovich Putin, born in 1879, was a notable Russian chef whose life spanned the tumultuous periods of the ...

MY UNCLE JOSEPH STALIN (235 pp )-Budu Svanidze—Putnam ($3). When Budu Svanidze told his mother he wanted to be like his Uncle Sosso when he grew up, she slapped his little face. Uncle Sosso lived in ...

MK2 Films, the Paris based company behind best picture contenders, has boarded Kornél Mundruczó's “At the Sea” starring Oscar ...

Dame Joan Plowright, the Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning British actress has died. She was 95. Plowright died peacefully Friday surrounded by family at Denville Hall in London, according to the ...

Join Dan Snow and acclaimed military historian Sir Antony Beevor for a gripping account of the Battle of Berlin, the final, bloody chapter of WWII in Europe. Beevor, author of 'Berlin: The Downfall ...

On Jan. 14, the night a Venezuelan immigrant was shot by an ICE officer in north Minneapolis, a white guy in a puffer jacket ...

Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death, entered Block 11 in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp on a cold, wet afternoon in ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, known for his documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, again presents the brutal face of ...

A first-hand account of a late-night journey that reveals the city's Soviet past, everyday rhythms, and unexpected warmth.

Red Harlem takes place during the historic time in history when the Communist Party’s campaign attracted thousands of new Black members during the great depression, presenting itself as a more radical ...

Xi was chosen by the elders of the Chinese Communist Party to succeed Hu Jintao as General Secretary because he was viewed as “a safe pair of hands” – a princeling of “red genes” born into party ...