Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under the leadership of current President Vladimir Putin, Russia is trying to impose a positive image of Soviet dictator Joseph ...

Russian Communists queue to lay flowers at Stalin's grave to mark the 130th anniversary of his birth in Red Square, Moscow.Ivan Sekretarev / AP It’s hard to imagine any of Russia’s current leaders ...

A murderous dictator, a megalomaniac, a psychopath – I’ve heard Joseph Stalin described as many things but never as a pet ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The head of a rights group has told Newsweek that the blessing a Russian Orthodox priest gave a statue of Joseph Stalin ...

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 for a ...

Most people hate to speak ill of the dead. They look for something nice to say about even the not-so-dear departed. People’s natural imperfections usually seem to shrink when they leave this earth.

Set in the early days of the Soviet Union, in a neglected part of the Kremlin, this abstract play follows two actors as they prepare for their most significant role yet: Joseph Stalin. The play offers ...