A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic. That idea — roughly paraphrasing a quote attributed to Joseph ...
Giles Milton hearkens back to those dark days of the war, with its frugal rationing and terrifying air raids, to present a ...
Guided by Joseph Stalin, the USSR was pointing the way to more humane, equitable, and peaceful global order. During the 1930s, according to Lionel Trilling, in his day the very embodiment of ...
Svetlana Stalin merits a little space in this magazine. First, she was an important and fascinating figure of the 20th century. But second, she declared National Review her favorite publication ...
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin terrorised his own people, but for the first time a survey suggests that most Russians view him favourably. The respected Levada Center polled Russians aged 18 and ...
Rumor has it that an ancient, powerful curse contributed to the start of World War II. On June 22, 1941, Joseph Stalin ordered Soviet archaeologists to open the tomb of Amir Timur in Samarkand, ...