Soviet Union

Martha Dodd: A Yank in the KGB

Brendan McNally describes the strange sequence of events that took a girl from Chicago to Nazi Berlin

1924: The Death of Lenin

On 21 January 1924, the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died. Here's how the news was reported in Britain.

From Winter War to Cold War with Kimmo Rentola

Kimmo Rentola tells us all about 'The Winter War'

The Siege of Leningrad

Prit Buttar on the city that would not surrender

To Besiege a City with Prit Buttar

Prit Buttar on the Nazi siege of Leningrad