Samusenko was a woman who defied conventional gender norms and societal expectations to fight for her country during one of ...
In “November 1942,” Peter Englund pieces together a month in the Second World War with the diaries and memoirs of the people who survived it. By Caroline Alexander The Soviet military often used ...
History is replete with cautionary tales about the dangers of ideological purges, particularly when they target national-security institutions. One of the starkest examples comes from the Soviet Union ...
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The Arctic convoys that saved the Soviet Union in World War II
During World War II, Allied ships sailed through the Arctic to deliver vital supplies to the Soviet Union. Facing German ...
In the summer of 1941, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union tore through Red Army defenses and captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners in massive encirclements. As Army Group Center approached ...
One of the many little-known facts about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is that some 25% of its territory lies north of the Arctic Circle. The Soviet Arctic (some of which is south of the ...
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