In another sketch of a bearded nude man, Stalin has drawn a red inverted triangle over the man’s penis causing speculation that the fearsome autocrat was either a homophobe or a latent homosexual.

"but rather an illustrative sketch that Aitmatov either invented himself or heard elsewhere and subsequently attributed to Stalin." Oleg Khlevniuk, a historian based in Moscow and the author of a ...

If the prime ministerial integrity could be compromised in public, on national television, then Gordon's talking compass (Sketch passim ... had gone in a week from Stalin to Mr Bean there was ...

Read more CNN opinion here. Alongside a marked increase in Stalin statues across Russia — more than 100 since 2012 — the Stalin centers appear to affirm a simplistic story: The Kremlin is re ...

A quote attributed to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin that a reader emailed us in November 2011 exemplifies the genre: "America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism ...