After his death in 1924, Lev Trotsky, his most trusted follower, was disposed of by Stalin, who eventually forced him into ...

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

The Great Purge was a period in the history of the Soviet Union where Stalin eliminated the majority of the "Old Bolsheviks" ...

Before power and terror defined him, Joseph Stalin was a young revolutionary in love. Kato Svanidze’s brief life and early ...

Russia began formally observing the date in 1991, a few months before the Soviet collapse Some Russians were worried about a return to large-scale repression Stalin's legacy is extremely controversial ...