Fanny Kaplan (born Feiga Roitblat) was born on February 10, 1890, in Volhynia Governorate, in the family of a teacher ( ...

The 1990s saw the situation change abruptly. The USSR collapsed, and the Russian state that emerged from it was weaker and ...

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski responded on Wednesday to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova's assertion that Poland was founded by Vladimir Lenin, noting that the latter ...

“There are some ideas so absurd,” George Orwell is alleged to have said, “that only an intellectual could believe them.” Intellectuals, the British writer noted, were key to the ascent of some of the ...

How the Russian Civil War Led to the 'Red Terror' and Infamous Gulag' Host of History Hit podcast 'Warfare' Dr James Rogers sits down with military historian and author of 'Russia: Revolution and ...

Zohran Mamdani’s victory-lap speech Tuesday night reeked of Vladimir Lenin after Russia’s 1917 communist revolution. But instead of commanding a Red Army, the mayor-elect should be aware he will be ...

El movimiento MAGA utiliza ideas de la izquierda para destruir a la izquierda. By David Brooks MAGA is using left ideas to destroy the left. By David Brooks The new book by Witold Szablowski features ...

One of his books is simply entitled “Russia,” where he examines the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Bolshevik takeover of that country. The book, as you would expect, contains much information ...

Julia Ioffe's Russia. The emigre and author's debut book, Motherland, has been greatly anticipated. Here, she's seen in the PBS "Frontline" documentary "Putin and the Presidents" (2023). In less ...

I met Alina Rotenberg in the summer of 2012. At thirty-six, she was no longer married, but her last name spoke volumes in Moscow: her ex-husband, Igor, was the son of Arkady Rotenberg, one of Vladimir ...

The new book by Witold Szablowski features the chefs who were expected to prepare sumptuous meals for Russian leaders — and keep them from being poisoned. By Jennifer Szalai It is the disintegration ...

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 and his ...