Russians marking an annual day of remembrance for victims of Joseph Stalin's repression warned Thursday that history could "repeat itself" and criticised attempts to rehabilitate the Soviet leader's ...

Fitzpatrick, a preeminent historian of the Soviet Union, offers a concise account of Joseph Stalin’s rise to supreme power, his tyrannical rule, the black comedy surrounding his death, and his legacy ...

Russia began formally observing the date in 1991, a few months before the Soviet collapse Some Russians were worried about a return to large-scale repression Stalin's legacy is extremely controversial ...