Stalin was the leader of the party that was in charge of the Soviet Union. He created a totalitarian regime which brought great suffering to the Russian people. The individual Russian played two distinct roles under Stalin. One role would be that of a person who under Stalin’s system was ...
Unfortunately, Stalin made that statement in 1926 and by “armed revolution” he was not referring to the Chinese Red Army, which had yet to be born at that time: He was taking about the Northern Expedition under the command of Chiang Kai-shek as he crushed the warlord forces of northern ...
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As dictator of the German Reich, he initiated World War II in Europe with...
Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War.The Soviet Unioninflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. What if...
The president’s dominance over the Russian electoral system has already been reinforced as the election looms. The country’s only anti-war candidate has been barred from standing, and Alexey Navalny, the poisoned and jailed former opposition leader who was the most ...
Elizabeth was on the throne for most of the Cold War from the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. During her reign there were 14 U.S. presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Joe Biden, and she met all bar Lyndon Johnson. Article content Britain’s vote to leave the European Union in 20...
live updatesJimmy Carter, the 39th US president, dies at age 100 PresidentJoe Bidensaid in a statement that “America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” as well as a man of “great character and courage, hope and optimism.” ...
For a leader is not one who is perfect,but one who will make enough decisionsor enough mistakesuntil he finds the right answer.Have a dream and help build one for others.Give them a vision,because without a vision or a goal,they will die.Pursue your vision or goalwith your eye always...
after the failed Hungarian uprising in the fall 1956 that was violently suppressed by Soviet tanks, the mood among East-European exile communities dramatically changed. The émigrés realized that the West would not intervene directly in favor of an opposition group in a country within the Soviet ...