Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin, or “Uncle Joe” to ...
The Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's deep-seated fear of flying created ripple effects across global diplomacy during World War II and beyond. This aviation anxiety wasn't just a personal quirk – it ...
Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Stalin interrogated Sholokhov about ideologically problematic passages but agreed to the book’s publication on ...