During W.W.II, Russia and Germany had an agreement not to attack each other. Germany did not honor that agreement. The Premier of Russia, Joseph Stalin, asked for help from the U.S. and Great Britain. Use this site to see how that was...

Describes the repression implemented by Joseph Stalin to maintain tight control of Russia. It was a reign of arrests and execution.

This site from the Mount Holyoke College provides a list of numerous links to sources covering a broad range of topics on Stalin.

This article discusses the growing tensions between Russia and the United States, focusing on Stalin's desire to strengthen his country's military security. (August 2, 1950)

This site from the Mount Holyoke College provides an analysis of the debate of the question of Stalin and Stalinism and the different views and revisions that exist.

An abridged timeline that details the history of Russia from 860 to present day.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Multi-unit curriculum kit on the history of the Soviet Union told in five episodes using Soviet posters as source material. Coverage includes the birth of the Soviet Union, Stalin, the Great Patriotic...

This primary source document reveals Russia's growing distrust of the United States and its desire to strengthen its position in the global community through greater military security.

Complete text of the Communist Manifesto.

Geographia presents a brief political and social history of Russia from the beginning of Soviet rule to the resignation of Gorbachev in 1990.

Article examining the events surrounding the famine that Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union forced causing seven million deaths.