Tag: Stalin

Farewell to Russia by Joe Luc Barnes

Farewell to Russia by Joe Luc Barnes

I’ve long been interested in Russia, from the early 90s, I’ve enjoyed the country’s great literature and philosophy, yet the country is one that remains alien to me (and to many of its outsiders) and…

Dancing for Stalin by Christina Ezrahi

Dancing for Stalin by Christina Ezrahi

The Soviet era under Stalin has always been one shrouded in mystery, albeit with information emerging since the 1980s, which saw a period of openness (Glasnost) there remains uncertainty and secretiveness regarding this period. In…