It was 8am at Tbilisi Central Station, and the 870 service had seen better days. Faded Soviet-era wagons waited on the tracks, the red and white livery of Georgian Railways hidden beneath thick layers ...

In his later years, Ioseb Jughashvili, or Joseph Stalin, the self-styled “Man of Steel,” was a physical wreck. Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, rendered lame his left hand. Rheumatoid ...

Hotel Ukraine” is the 11th and last installment in the popular Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith. He launched the ...

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.

The reported suicide of Russia's transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, sparking ...

The death of a Russian Cabinet minister in a field near his posh home in a Moscow suburb has fueled wild speculation about ...

"I would like to make my next film about the same repression system, but from the other side," the Ukrainian filmmaker says ...

A Russian TV host railed against President Donald Trump, saying Russia could "erase" him, after hearing leaked audio of Trump ...

The death of Russian Cabinet minister Roman Starovoit has sparked intense speculation, with questions surrounding the ...

From humble beginnings to absolute power, Stalin reshaped a nation with brutal force. His rule was transformative—and ...

This prelude to our Eastern Front WWII series explores how Stalin reshaped the Soviet Union into a global military force. From industrial expansion through Five-Year Plans to tank development and ...

People walk in front of the newly erected statue of Joseph Stalin at the Taganskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia, in May 2025.