Rumor has it that an ancient, powerful curse contributed to the start of World War II. On June 22, 1941, Joseph Stalin ordered Soviet archaeologists to open the tomb of Amir Timur in Samarkand, ...

In this thorough study, Rieber analyzes the struggle for control of Eurasia's borderlands from the collapse of the Romanov, Habsburg, Ottoman, Qing, and Persian empires through the end of WWII. He ...

While in Paris in 1945, President Harry Truman makes plans to meet with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in hopes to end ...

Why Russia is still fighting world's biggest tank battle Russia-Poland row over start of WW2 escalates Stalin knew he would need the acceptance of the Western powers to achieve this. Winston ...

On Monday she tweeted: "Dear President Putin, Hitler and Stalin colluded to start WWII." President Vladimir Putin says Poland and its allies are distorting history. During a marathon news ...

As the Nazi troops were getting closer to Moscow, Joseph Stalin issued an order to find ... the veteran of World War II combat operations on the Soviet front, Vladimir Kindyuk who took part ...

After Stalin’s death in 1953, it looked as though the Cold War might thaw a little. The new leader Nikita Khrushchev looked for a peaceful coexistence. In 1959 he said, There are two ways ...