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 ...

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. By Timothy Snyder. Basic Books; 524 pages; $29.95. Bodley Head; £20. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk IN THE middle of the 20th century Europe's two ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly declassified documents show the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter after her high profile defection to the United States in 1967, gathering ...

The unpredictable mindset of the man who plunged Eastern Europe into war is raising the risks of a wider conflict involving NATO members, against which Russian President Vladimir Putin has floated 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 ...

Watch a clip from the movie "The Death of Stalin," starring Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, and Jeffrey Tambor. Photo: IFC Films Kremlinologists used to scrutinize every prosaic photo or public ...