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  • April 2008
    • Missing Romanovs Identified

      Missing Romanovs Identified

      DNA tests have confirmed that remains discovered last year in Russia are the remains of two children of Tsar Nicholas II, the BBC reports. Though most of the tsar’s family, executed during the Bolshevik revolution, was found in 1991, two children—Alexei and Maria—were thought missing, fueling widespread rumors that they survived and escaped later capture. More »

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      mystery   Bolshevik Revolution   Romanov   Alexei Romanov   Maria Romanov   Czar Nicholas II   Nicholas II

  • October 2007
    • Young Stalin Follows His Rise From Street Thug

      Young Stalin Follows His Rise From Street Thug

      Drawing on previously classified material, Simon Sebag Montefiore's new biography, Young Stalin , follows the despot through his formative years, from Georgian street tough to the Bolshevik revolution. In a "morbidly fascinating" account, he describes how the young Josef Djugashvili dropped out of a seminary, assumed 160 aliases, robbed stagecoaches, wrote poetry, and learned to thirst for revenge, Newsweek writes. More »

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      biography   Bolshevik Revolution   Stalin

  • August 2007

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