Soviet Union

Russell Tarr explains how the Bolsheviks established their grip on Russia after the 1917 Revolution, and at what cost.

Geoffrey Hosking looks at the place of Russia within the Soviet Union, a position fraught with paradoxes that still resonate today.

Chris Corin restores two Old Bolsheviks to their rightful places in Soviet History.

Vincent Barnett contrasts Marxist idealism with the changing economic reality in the USSR.

Ian Thatcher refuses to take Trotsky at his own valuation.

Paul Dukes assesses the roles of the major statesmen from Britain, the USA and the USSR during the Second World War and the onset of the Cold War.

George Orwell’s ‘fairy story’ on the USSR was politically inconvenient in 1945. Opinions on Animal Farm were soon revised, but its targets – and its author – are easily misunderstood.

John Erickson assesses the massive Soviet assault into Germany in the final year of the war and the price of liberation.

Alexander Orlov, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, provides a Russian perspective on the battle for Berlin, and the controversies that have surrounded it as the 60th anniversary commemorations approach.