This episode traces Joseph Stalin’s rise from poverty to absolute power. Through purges, famine, forced labor, and war, he ...

Maryna Shymanska, a 100-year-old resident of Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, spoke with RFE/RL about how her family survived the Holodomor, a Stalin-era famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in ...

This special TimeGhost episode connects today’s war in Ukraine with one of the darkest chapters in the country’s past: the Holodomor. After a personal introduction from Ukrainian editor Iryna Dulka ...

UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 19:01 US EDT ON SUNDAY 20 TH JULY 2025 / 00:01 UK TIME (BST) ON MONDAY 21 ST JULY 2025 Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable ...

The Communist Party of Russia unveiled a monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on May 8 to commemorate Victory Day in World War II, the party announced.

A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin erected in Moscow’s subway is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it’s a mistake to commemorate ...

Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, pressure to succeed and trying to fit in; but also experience of famine, exile ...