Attitudes to Stalin deeply divided in ex-USSR His dictatorial rule oversaw deaths of millions Victory in WWII recalled during Ukraine conflict MOSCOW/GORI, Georgia, March 3 (Reuters) - On the eve of ...

In “The Red Hotel,” Alan Philps, a former Moscow correspondent, documents the lives of Western journalists under Stalin and traces through lines to media relations in Russia today. By Lesley M. M.

On his deathbed, Lenin attempted to ensure unified leadership within his party. After his death in 1924, Lev Trotsky, his most trusted follower, was disposed of by Stalin, who eventually forced him ...

Editor’s Note: Jade McGlynn is a non-resident senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and author of two books, “Russia’s War” and ”Memory Makers: The Politics of the ...

The severance of Anglo-Soviet relations by Great Britain (TIME, June 6) brought on at Moscow last week a political crisis. Dictator Josef Vissarionovitch Stalin was again openly criticized for the ...

The Red Hotel: The Untold Story of Stalin’s Disinformation War. By Alan Philps. Pegasus; 451 pages; $29.95. Headline; £22 When Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, Winston Churchill persuaded ...