The Russian Bolsheviks cemented their power after the October revolution and the civil war that followed, thanks to bloody repression and conscienceless crackdowns. But it was all in name of a greater ...
What is House of History? House of History is my little soapbox project. Politics, history, and cultural developments have been passions of mine since as long as I can remember. House of History is a ...
The creation of Russia is one of the most complex and far reaching historical stories in Eurasia. Across more than a millennium, diverse tribes, ...
A new book written by Russian-American writer Julia Ioffe confronts the forgotten narratives of the women who stood alongside some of Russia’s most well-known male leaders. Ioffe joins Michel Martin ...
Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR’s aggression against Finland began. This “Winter War,” as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership’s grand ...