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 ...

1907 Man of steel. Joseph marries his first wife Ketevan Svanidze in 1906. She comes from a poor family of minor nobility. Ketevan gives birth to their son Yakov Dzhugashvili the following year.

It should come as no surprise to learn that being born under a shadow as large and daunting as Joseph Stalin's inevitably comes with complications. Svetlana Alliluyeva, the youngest child and only ...

Nadezhda Alliluyeva was born into a revolutionary family, but was it always her fate to marry Joseph Stalin? She was independent, intelligent and highly politicised. Indeed, Stalin was a hero of ...

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 ...