The citizens photographed by Boris Mikhailov in the last days of the Soviet Union evoke laughter and sympathy in a show at ...

Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a ...

The first high-profile exchange took place on February 10, 1962, when Soviet intelligence officer William Fischer (better known as Rudolf Abel), arrested in New York on June 21, 1957, was exchanged ...

Churchill in Moscow review. Roger Allam stars as the British Bulldog in an atmospheric World War 2 booze-up with Stalin at ...

Black grouse and caviar helped Stalin get much of what he wanted, but his Red Army counted for more, says a notable historian ...