WE LIVE in a time of planning -- even of planned history. History planned means history annulled. Moscow now dictates that the revolution of October 1917 had quite different authors and heroes from ...

On his deathbed, Lenin attempted to ensure unified leadership within his party. After his death in 1924, Lev Trotsky, his most trusted follower, was disposed of by Stalin, who eventually forced him ...

Good short account of how the foundations of Stalinist terror were laid by the policies of Lenin and Trotsky in the early days of the Russian Revolution. Submitted by ...

At first, Lenin saw Stalin as useful: tough, ruthless, and effective at organizing people and getting things done. But as the Soviet Union formed, Lenin grew alarmed by Stalin’s push for centralized ...

For the past few years, medical experts have gathered at the University of Maryland to discuss the deaths of famous figures, such as Florence Nightingale, Alexander the Great, and Mozart. This year, ...

MOSCOW—On a bitterly cold day, amid powerful blasts of wind and snow, a few dozen men gathered on Red Square in this locked down city to celebrate Vladimir Lenin’s 150th birthday. Neither the freakish ...

Everywhere the same question: Who will rule Russia? If a triumvirate, can it long endure or does the Soviet structure demand a single head? Will there be orderly elimination or violence? If violence, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A full century since seizing the reigns of the Russian state from the ...