Joseph Stalin’s plan to modernize the Soviet Union’s economy, beginning in 1928, carried enormous cost for the country—especially in its human toll. Agricultural collectivization disrupted the food ...

Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov appeared to lament the break up of the Soviet Union during a recent broadcast. The anchor of an evening show on the Russia 1 state TV channel that bears his name ...

Aside from the incredible amount of deaths during the Communist dictatorship in the Soviet Union, an often overlooked key aspect of Soviet policy was the war against religion, the persecution of ...

Soviet propaganda was more than just posters of smiling workers and strong leaders, it was a psychological tool designed to grow a profound sense of paranoia. From anti-religious posters to haunting ...

Seeing how people lived beyond the Iron Curtain made Tabarovsky dream of immigrating — an aspiration shared by many Jews in ...

Sergei Mikhalkov, 96, an author favored by Stalin who wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems, persecuted dissident writers as part of the Soviet propaganda machine and fathered ...

"Nazi criminals who escaped justice became welcome guests on Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe broadcasting into the Soviet Union," the Federal Security Service said MOSCOW, May 6. /TASS/. Nazi ...

Last summer, a staffer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was digging through stacks of 19th century drawings when they stumbled upon something strange. It was a nondescript box with the vague label ...

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