On 25 February 1956, the Soviet leader made a speech in which he called Stalin a dictator who had led a regime of ‘suspicion, fear and terror’ ...

She spoke about it and then with ineffable delicacy recited poetry by others, drawing upon a deep reservoir of familiarity with poets past and present. To her, Mir Taqi Mir, Mirza Ghalib, Firaq, ...

His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.

'Russian Ladas lie at the side of the road, relics of the country's Soviet past.' ...

Those who migrated north did so in search of opportunities in manufacturing, entertainment, academia, and also liberation.

The 28th of May, 1871, marks the end of an episode that shook European society and the whole world—the Commune of Paris. Since then, humanity has been shaken by so much more telling blows and ...

A rare lymphoma diagnosis meant Giorgi Gagoshidze had to abandon a film project on the economic factors behind the USSR’s collapse – until he found new meaning in medical terminology ...

The union leader turned Polish president muses about the shortcomings of democracy and 21st-century leadership.

If only the electorate could see and experience the real determination and passion of the Prime Minister then his ratings and the popularity of the government would be transformed. Not for the first ...

What is usually a day of flowers and love letters looked very different this year in one Russian-occupied Ukrainian city.

DEBATES on the role of peasants in revolution can be traced back to the disagreements between Lenin and the populist ...

Protests erupt in Andhra Pradesh during Bharat Bandh, as trade unions rally against anti-worker policies of the Centre and TDP government.