The Soviet Union’s economy once stood as a symbol of strength and rapid progress. Under Stalin, the USSR industrialized at an unprecedented pace, rising from the ashes of the Russian Empire to become ...

JOSEPH STALIN, the dictator of the former USSR who died 50 years ago this year, is rightly remembered as one of the most horrible tyrants of the 20th century. But to most people, his name is also ...

This year, 2016, will mark the twentieth-fifth anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union from the political map of the world. A quarter of a century ago, the menace of Soviet-led communism, which had ...

The Soviet Union under Stalin came to measure economic and agricultural output in five-year plans, and in 1938, as part of the third five-year plan, laid the groundwork for a pair of aircraft ...

A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow 's busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator.

FILE - Passengers walk in front of a monument to Soviet leader Josef Stalin at the Taganskaya subway station in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) ...