Joseph Stalin

Stalin revived in towns in South Ossetia, Eastern Ukraine

April 28, 2020

South Ossetia's city of Tskhinval has been given a second name - Stalinir. Why people here continue to love Stalin, after so many Ossetians perished in the repressions during his rule

Moscow church decorated with mosaics featuring Putin and Stalin

April 25, 2020

Mosaic appeared on the walls of the "main military temple", which is building the Russian Ministry of Defense

Stalin: God, Superstar

December 21, 2019

JAMnews’ photo-project - Stalin in Georgia

Countries of former USSR commemorate 13 million victims of Stalinist political repression

October 29, 2019

1937-1938 in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia

Beria – Stalin's right-hand man in Abkhazia

March 05, 2019

On the ferocity and violence of Stalin’s righthand man, Lavrentiy Beria. Photos and stories from Abkhazia

Stalin’s dacha in Abkhazia

December 16, 2018

German POWs built it, and Mao Zedong stayed there

Video: The Stalinist persecutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia

November 07, 2018

13 million people were politically repressed during the Great Purge of 1937-38 in the Soviet Union. JAMnews offers a look into the events from the South Caucasus

Stalin returns to Dagestan

September 07, 2018

Some residents of Dagestan want to see a street renamed after Stalin; many of them are sure that Putin is in favour of the idea as well

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Azerbaijani veterans on World War II

May 09, 2018

Letters to nowhere, hidden graves and old military uniforms

Azerbaijan follows Russia example in banning The Death of Stalin movie

February 18, 2018

The Ministry of Culture's decision has received strong criticism on social media

Stalin not to die in Russia

January 25, 2018

The film's comical take on Soviet leaders has been banned in Russia

Exhibition dedicated to victims of Stalin’s reprisals opens in Yerevan

September 23, 2017

‘From November to December in 1937, it sometimes happened that about 120 people were executed daily’

Poll: Stalin, Putin and Pushkin are Russian heroes

July 03, 2017

Einstein fell behind Long-lasting Sovier Communist leader Leonid Brezhnev

Stalin and the only prehistoric trilobite in Georgia

March 18, 2017

Tbilisi and Sukhumi stories from Vazha Kakabadze

Ingushetia bans Stalin

February 22, 2017

The Russian republic’s parliament passed the first reading of a bill that forbids honouring the memory of the soviet leader

Stalin wasn’t yesterday

November 02, 2016

‘Open List’ project comes to Georgia following Russia and Ukraine

Stalin studied people’s character by testing their poop

September 04, 2016

The weird habits of famous historical figures

10 myths about Stalin’s role in WWII

May 09, 2010

What do the historians and the witnesses’ memoirs say

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