Stalin thrives in the chaos post WW1 but his rise to leadership does not go unchallenged. Show more With the First World War underway, Stalin’s journey to dictatorship grinds into gear. After ...

Joseph Stalin provided major backing for anti-Franco forces in the Spanish Civil War. Skip to Main Content. Explore Our Brands. WSJ; ... Stalin's Role in the Spanish Civil War. Share. Resize.

Joseph Stalin, center, with the founder of the first female tractor team, Praskovya Angelina, left, and agricultural innovator beet-grower Maria Demchenko, right, at the Congress of the Young ...

Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill gathered in Tehran in 1943 to plan their strategy for winning World War II. Photograph by The New York Times Photo Archives, Redux.

In February 1945, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin spent eight days meeting at the resort town of Yalta on the Black Sea, negotiating what they imagined would be a just and ...

Instead of writing yet another history of World War II centered on Adolf Hitler, McMeekin takes a more original approach, focusing on Joseph Stalin. McMeekin pulls no punches in reminding readers that ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday compared the war in Ukraine to the “terrible Holodomor genocide” of the 1930s, when the policies of the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, caused a devastating famine in ...

Stalin thrives in the chaos post WW1 but his rise to leadership does not go unchallenged. ... Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator.