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 ...

A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin erected in Moscow’s subway is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it’s a mistake to ...

Josef Stalin, one of the most powerful and brutal leaders in history, left a legacy of death, destruction, and domination. In this Forgotten History episode, we explore the rise and fall of Stalin, ...

By the late 1920s, Stalin became the dictator of the Soviet Union. Here, Stalin is pictured at left, carrying Vladimir Lenin’s casket into the crypt near the Kremlin Wall in Red Square, Moscow.

One Joseph Stalin was one too many. The new play now at A Red Orchid Theatre is about the existential angst that flows from an acting role only a Soviet apparatchik could truly love: standing in ...

Historians say there is no evidence that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was Jewish or had Jewish ancestry, contrary to the suggestion made in an online interview by American conservative commentator ...

Internet users berated news outlet Reuters for referring to Joseph Stalin’s legacy as "polarizing" in a story recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Soviet leader’s death.

Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics. By Anne Applebaum Jon Cherry / Getty ...

A murderous dictator, a megalomaniac, a psychopath – I’ve heard Joseph Stalin described as many things but never as a pet possum. That’s what Archibald Clark Kerr, Britain’s Ambassador to ...

A Red Orchid Theatre will present SIX MEN DRESSED LIKE JOSEPH STALIN, directed by Ensemble Member dado. The play follows Soso, left for dead on the Eastern Front. He’s taken in by the Kremlin ...