71 years ago today, on March 5, 1953, Joseph Stalin died. Born December 18, 1878, he had ruled over Russia in various capacities from 1921 until his death, and changed the world in the process.

The annexation of Western Ukraine to the USSR was a political mistake by Joseph Stalin, which led to major negative ...

John Wayne survived Stalin's assassination order on his life by terrifying the KGB hitmen sent to take him out.

Authorities in northwestern Russia’s Vologda region unveiled a statue of Joseph Stalin over the weekend, the latest monument to the Soviet dictator to have sprung up in the country in recent years.

Joseph is wracked with grief. He leaves his son to be cared for by his wife’s parents and throws himself into his revolutionary work. He adopts the name 'Stalin' which means 'steel' in Russian.

Did it mean Russian support for the Treaty of Versailles and the Polish Corridor? Germany must know! Stalin must speak! — such was the smart Tageblatt-Ludwig gate-crashing approach.

On 11th September 1930, members of an elusive secret society were arrested by Joseph Stalin's secret police. Could these have been the last of the Russian Templars? Some historians argue this was ...

The Kremin has been actively promoting the idea of a new Yalta agreement, that new lines in the sand must be drawn for modern Russia.

Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a ...

Premiere of Howard Brenton’s sharp satire dramatising a real-life meeting between Churchill (Roger Allam) and Stalin (Peter ...