When Stalin, self-appointed Secretary-General of the Party, took over the leadership from Lenin during the latter's illness, the center of power shifted to the "Politburo," the highest continuing ...

What did Vladimir Lenin really think of Joseph Stalin? Explore the critical letters, personal doubts, and final political testament that reveal Lenin’s deep concerns about Stalin’s character ...

Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin, or “Uncle Joe” to ...

A call to remove the names of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin from the flags of Marxism and put them on trial. After the fall of the Leninist program, events proved that the Leninist program did not lead to ...

After an uproar over a depiction of Josef Stalin in Tbilisi's cathedral, interest has spiked in some of the vengeful paintings of Soviet leaders inside churches in Georgia.

For Lenin and Stalin have lighted the way; We crushed the invader, we hurled back the foe, And our armies in triumph will sing as they go: Long may she live, our motherland, Long may her flag be ...

He makes Stalin out to be Lenin’s right-hand strongman, which he was not, while also creating the illusion that Stalin was capable of nimble ideological disputes with Lenin.

IT IS impossible to understand the essence of the Soviet system without constantly keeping in mind Lenin's psychology. In 1905 Lenin had dreamed and planned a revolution achieved by a minority group ...