His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.

The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with Stephen Wheatcroft, professorial fellow of Russian and Soviet history at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Wheatcroft is one of the world’s ...

On February 11, 1956, the Antonov An-8 made its first flight, marking the Soviet Union's entry into twin-turboprop military ...

For decades after the dogfight, the U.S. government kept secret the fact that Royce Williams had fought against Soviet ...

Recent vandalism of a famous column to the Red Army in central Sofia is the latest in a string of symbolic anti-Kremlin attacks on the memorial. 1 This damage to the base of the Monument to the Soviet ...

A pro-Kremlin lawmaker spawned a tsunami of scorn in Russia this week by alleging that Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi's Perestroika-era anthems were composed by CIA operatives trying to destabilize the ...

As China’s history shows, no matter if it is Tsarist, Bolshevik, Soviet, or “democratic,” Russia’s strategic and geopolitical logic guiding its behavior remain unchanged.

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...