Finkel, a historian and political scientist, offers a nuanced and highly readable account of the complex history of Ukraine from medieval times to the ongoing Russian invasion.

Stalin died on March 5, at his country villa. Immediately the Soviet propaganda machine swung into action, telling the Russian people that he had actually died in Moscow, in the Kremlin.

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It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but Tony Gilroy's series takes a key plot from a bank heist ...

Isaak Dunayevsky, the USSR's most famous and highly paid pop composer, twice winner of the Stalin Prize, was the most ...

The Death of Stalin is a dark comedy that explores the power struggles of the remaining leaders of the Soviet Union in the ...

A biting satire from the man behind Alan Partridge and The Thick of It is leaving Netflix in just a few days time ...

Authoritarians throughout the twentieth century employed the same method after usurping power either democratically or by ...