Stalin became leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin died. (Image credit: Laski Diffusion via Getty Images) Lenin didn't live to govern the Soviet Union for long; he died in 1924.

Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91 He embarked on a path of radical reform that propelled the communist country toward collapse August 30, 2022 More than 2 years ago ...

Local authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second city, said Lenin’s removal was for purely aesthetic reasons; they would ...

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...

The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee was formed in the USSR in 1942 to solicit international Jewish support for the forces ...