It is difficult to say how sincere the people of Russia were in their manifestations of grief over the final departure from the scene of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. After more than a quarter of ...

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome back to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. And we’re continuing our series of interviews with Peter Kuznick. He’s the coauthor of the book and the ...

Russians have the chance to pick the greatest Russian in history during a 13-part TV series that began airing there this month. Internet voting has already generated controversy by temporarily putting ...

March 5 marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Over the last 15 years or so, attitudes among Russians about the role Stalin played in the life of their country have ...

On March 5, 1953, the Soviet Union faced a massive shift in power. Joseph Stalin, the leader who had ruled the nation since 1924, died in Moscow ending a nearly 30-year reign that transformed the ...

History portrays Stalin as an inhumane and vicious leader - but he was a man as well as a monster. Do we betray his victims by noting his human side, or will the full picture help guard us against ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. How much should the cannibalism count? How should we factor it into the growing ...

BOBROVO — Russians marking an annual day of remembrance for victims of Joseph Stalin's repression warned on Thursday that history could "repeat itself" and criticised attempts to rehabilitate the ...

GORI, Georgia — Here are just a few of the fun facts that visitors learn during a guided tour of the Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the former Soviet leader was born. Joseph ...