Theories about Stalin's motives span the personal, political, and pathological.

Oct 28, 2008 - Kerry Kubilius

Stalin's Purges, along with the Great Purge, represented inescapable state-sponsored terror.

Oct 28, 2008 - Kerry Kubilius

Stalin's skillful outmanoeuvering of his rivals paved the way for him to win the power struggle after Lenin's death.

Jan 30, 2011 - Alan Kinghorn

The Stalin Museum in his hometown of Gori is an absolute must, but local opinions are no less interesting. A visit by his grandson in 2001

Nov 20, 2010 - Paul Bradbury

Millions died as a result of Stalin's reign over the Soviet Union, but was this man also responsible for the death of an entire ideology?

May 30, 2010 - Nathan Virica

Stalin killed more people. His 350,000 secret police were worse than the 8,000 Gestapo torturers. But Hitler was the greater threat to human morality.

Mar 31, 2010 - John Anderson

Joseph Stalin, born Joseph Djugashvili, known as "Soso" and "Koba," was General Secretary of the Bolshevik Party from 1922-53 and Premier 1941-53.

Nov 27, 2009 - James Bloodworth

A review of Young Stalin, Simon Sebag Montefiore's biography of the early years of the notorious Russian dictator, the self-styled Red Tsar.

Jun 22, 2008 - Erin Britton

Through a combination of ruthlessness and guile, Stalin succeeded in consolidating his power in the vast Soviet bureacracy of his early career.

May 20, 2008 - Michael LeFlem

The Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper rifle with either the PU or PE scopes attached were the widow makers of the Eastern Front and Korea.

Nov 9, 2006 - Christopher Eger

The life, character, achievements and reforms of Ivan the Terrible, first Tsar of Russia, are described, together with parallels with Stalin.

Jun 18, 2010 - Richard Brereton

On the surface the politics of Joseph Stalin and Senator Joe McCarthy were diametrically opposed. Underneath, however, they were frighteningly similar.

Jun 2, 2011 - Jennifer Wilding

This article briefly overviews the main characteristics of collectivisation in the Soviet Union under Stalin.

Mar 18, 2011 - Fiona Allison

Kulak was the name given to peasants who were considered 'well-off' compared to other peasants. During the collectivisation they were brutally treated.

Feb 17, 2011 - Fiona Allison

The Stalin Allee was designed in socialist realism style--and built between 1951-53--to give workers a luxurious home and neighborhood in Friedrichshain.

Dec 17, 2010 - Eric Brothers

Second of two articles on how Polish MPS terrorized Jews, both communists and non-communists. Ironically, Jews were among those in charge of the terror.

Nov 20, 2010 - Eric Brothers

The name Stalin is synonymous with fear and terror, and yet there are few more devoted museums to a kinder soul than the Stalin museum in Gori.

Nov 11, 2010 - Paul Bradbury

Joseph Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union with an iron hand from 1922 to 1953, is responsible for the deaths of approximately 20 million people.

Jul 1, 2010 - Ivan Castro

Most people believe that Josef Stalin deliberately murdered more people before, during, and after World War II than Adolf Hitler. Wrong.

Mar 11, 2011 - John Anderson

The Soviet Union's rush to modernise was bought at a high price in human terms but probably saved it from defeat by Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

Jan 30, 2011 - Alan Kinghorn