Old Bolsheviks

The monument to “Iron Felix” Dzerzhinsky, the founder and patron saint of the Soviet secret police.

In the removal of a Soviet symbol of oppression, Russians see lessons for the US

History

As debates in the US rage over the removal of Confederate and other monuments that celebrate a racist past, some in Russia have been thinking hard about how people there confront their own history. 

The World

Faking It: The Matrix

Global Politics

Only Stalin Daughter Dies

Arts, Culture & Media

Stalinism Survivor Runs Gulag Museum In Moscow

Global Politics

A New Angle On The Roswell Incident And Why Russians Like Conspiracy Theories

Arts, Culture & Media

Statue graveyard in Moscow

Global Politics

Near Gorky Park, lies a grassy area full of statues of former Soviet leaders. After the fall of Communism, they’re propped up again for all to see without explanations of their crimes. Jessica Golloher has the details from Moscow.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about…Joseph Stalin’s great plan for the preservation of nature.

The World

Stalin’s grandson sues newspaper

Conflict & Justice

Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on a lawsuit brought by Josef Stalin’s grandson against a newspaper. The libel suit focuses on an article that described Stalin’s actions leading to the deaths of millions of Soviet citizens.