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Joseph Stalin

Farrukh Dhondy | On ‘truth’ in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia is often wrong…

There lies one of the instant hazards of Internet biography -- one can’t tell lies about one’s age any more.

11 Feb 2023 12:54 AM

An exemplary officer

Tirunelli Narayanaiyer Seshan established not only the credibility of the counting but also of the entire electoral process.

13 Nov 2019 12:29 AM

'I told my name, people stared': DMK chief Stalin’s name raised eyebrows in Russia

MK Stalin's father M Karunanidhi deliberately named his son after the Russian communist leader Joseph Stalin.

14 Sep 2019 8:19 AM

Putin may win again: Campaign begins for Russia’s presidential elections

Putin's top critic Alexei Navalny, 41, has been barred from putting his name on the ballot because of a criminal conviction.

18 Dec 2017 8:31 PM

Slovenia hideouts spill Cold War secrets

Until recently, the existence of the 800-square-metre labyrinth had still been a secret, albeit not a very good one.

14 Jun 2017 2:29 AM

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Russian historians put Stalin-era diaries online through Prozhito

As memories of the Stalin era fade, a project run by young Russian historian is putting Yakovlev journal and more like it online.

29 Mar 2017 12:07 PM

Fidel was no Stalin, more like Ho

Cubans seemed to have silently rebutted the lopsided American view by sticking to Castro the Cuban leader rather than Castro the Communist.

30 Nov 2016 2:57 AM

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