According to the University's course listing, the seminar focused on the "birth of a new society in the throes of revolution" and included a "special focus on the Stalin period," a particular ...

the art gets a mixed reception. At one store, a large portrait of Stalin gazes over the checkout counter, as if warning against shoplifting. “My reaction toward Stalin was horrible,” said Anna ...

Under the Krushchev “thaw” of the late 1950s, busts of Stalin were removed, portraits were taken down, and murals were plastered over. During the quarter-century of Mr. Putin’s rule of Russia, busts ...

Kahlo dedicated this self-portrait to Trotsky less than three ... Trotsky’s vision for art and culture was more liberal than Stalin’s: He believed good art was inherently revolutionary and ...