The Great Purge was a period in the history of the Soviet Union where Stalin eliminated the majority of the "Old Bolsheviks" and the leadership of the Red Army. This was done through three show trials ...

After Stalin got rid of Trotsky, though Trotsky was still influencing Soviet politics through writing and publishing articles in exile, the troika between Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev and Stalin ...

On March 5, 1953, the Soviet Union faced a massive shift in power. Joseph Stalin, the leader who had ruled the nation since 1924, died in ...

According to Golfo Alexopoulos and new evidence, the essential purpose of the Gulags was violent human exploitation. The system of exploitation during Stalin’s years was unchanging, punitive, and ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Russians have the chance to pick the ...

March 5 marks significant historical events, including the Boston Massacre in 1770, which fueled the American Revolution.

Edward Gibbon sits proudly upon my bookshelf. A set of volumes that I own, neatly stacked, comprises his “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” What do you make of me because it is ...

Russians have the chance to pick the greatest Russian ever as part of a 13-part TV series that began airing there this month. Online voting... Was Stalin The Greatest Russian In History? Russians have ...