At first, Lenin saw Stalin as useful: tough, ruthless, and effective at organizing people and getting things done. But as the Soviet Union formed, Lenin grew alarmed by Stalin’s push for centralized ...

On his deathbed, Lenin attempted to ensure unified leadership within his party. After his death in 1924, Lev Trotsky, his most trusted follower, was disposed of by Stalin, who eventually forced him ...

Spiridon Ivanovich Putin, born in 1879, was a notable Russian chef whose life spanned the tumultuous periods of the ...

Historians and international relations scholars use the terms “Stalinism” and “Stalinist” to distinguish the Soviet communist regime under Joseph Stalin from communist leaders in other periods of ...

A timeline of Stalin's life, the man that oversaw the war machine that helped defeat Nazism and who was the supreme ruler of ...

Statues of Lenin and Stalin, removed from Albania’s streets in the dying days of communism three decades ago, have suddenly reappeared in the garden of a government villa. Not everyone is impressed.

Lenin’s corpse is not happy. His organs need to be removed, his skin is getting all splotchy, and Stalin needs him to show his face to keep Russians inspired. But Lenin, who was an atheist and a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally to support his bid in the upcoming presidential election, at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia March 3, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky ...

MOSCOW — Lenin and the czar were ready. There were no cops in sight, and the sunny weather had brought out a swarm of tourists on this early winter afternoon. Adjusting the worker’s cloth cap on his ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in a film posted on the internet on Sunday. In the two-hour ...