Power & Politics
The Party, the state, its leaders, repression and foreign policy.
Power & Politics
Joseph Stalin: industrialization, terror and victory in war
Stalin led the USSR for almost 30 years. Under him the country became a superpower and defeated Nazism — and under him came collectivization, famine and mass repression. A detailed, honest account.
Power & Politics
The dissolution of the USSR: how a superpower vanished in 1991
In December 1991 the Soviet Union ceased to exist, breaking apart into 15 states. Why it happened, the role of perestroika, the coup and the Belovezha Accords — and why it is still debated.
Power & Politics
The founding of the USSR: 30 December 1922
In late 1922 four Soviet republics united into a single state — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.