(THE CONVERSATION) Many Americans know of Josef Stalin’s Terror of the late 1930s, during which more than 1 million people were arrested for political crimes, and ...
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 ...
With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to ...
The Great Man theory of history, which posits that history is shaped mainly by hugely influential and singular individuals, was once the primary form of historical writing. It has largely fallen out ...