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Stalin’s Secret Weapon: The Combat Engineers Who Broke the Nazis

In 1941, Stalin ordered the formation of special sapper brigades to hold off the German invasion—by 1943, they had become elite shock troops clearing mines, breaching defenses, and storming fortified ...
The New York Times

A Monster to History, Stalin Is a Tourist Magnet in His Hometown

GORI, Georgia — Here are just a few of the fun facts that visitors learn during a guided tour of the Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the former Soviet leader was born. Joseph ...
The National Interest

Stalin Had Battlecruiser Dreams That Never Happened

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Perhaps most significant for Soviet history, Stalin’s personal dictatorship and control over military decisions stripped the officer corps of its self-confidence. The ...