The early years of Bolshevik rule were marked by dynamic interaction between Russia and the West. These years of civil war in Russia were years when the W...

Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service...

Russia’s recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change.In his acclaim...

Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated. Robert Service has written a calmly authoritative biogra...

A detailed illustrated story about the life and work of V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin (1870-1924), as they are seen by a European historian-researcher.

"Lenin's ...