Soviet Marxism's Obituary?
Robert Service looks at how Gorbachev's revolution has left an open agenda for Soviet historians.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Empire: flags and anthems
John Crowfoot considers the role flags and anthems have played in defining Soviet and Russian identities, past and present.
Soviet Cinema - The Path to Stalin
In the light of the revised interest in the Soviet cinema Richard Taylor questions whether our traditional view of its output after 1917 as mere uplift (dreary or otherwise) is justified.
Stalin and de Gaulle
'You played your hand well. Well done.' High praise indeed from Stalin to an uneasy ally, as John Young describes in this account of the one and only meeting of 'Uncle Joe' and France's 'Man of Destiny'.
Rewriting Russia's Revolution
Evan Mawdsley discusses how scholarship both inside and outside the Soviet Union, spurred on by the political somersaults in the East, is revising our view of Lenin, the events of 1917 and after.
Vietnam 'Vets' and the Soviet Experience
Ben Shephard examines the comparisons between American Vietnam veterans and Soviets who served in Afghanistan
Filling in the Blank Spots in Soviet History
Yuri Afanasyev, one of the leading popular advocates of the revaluation of domestic and world history in the Soviet Union, takes his argument further, in an interview for History Today with Albert Sirotkin of Novosti.
Perestroika's Impact on Soviet History
Georgy Smirnov investigates the reforming policies in the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev.
May 1945: The Soviet View
John Erickson reflects on how the Russians commemorate their role in bringing peace to Europe.
The Road to D-Day
Geoffrey Warner looks at the reasons for the delay in opening a second Allied Front.