By the late 1930's, the clouds of war were already approaching the Soviet Union. Stalin's foreign policy was dominated by the existential threat posed by the rise of Fascism in Europe.

After securing his position as the unquestioned leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin sought to will history forward and eliminate all threats to his regime with a series of brutal campaigns against alleged internal enemies.

No figure looms quite as large over the history of the USSR as Joseph Stalin. From humble origins on the periphery of the Russian Empire, he would rise to become one of the most influential world leaders of the 20th Century.

The October Revolution of 1917 transformed Russia into the world's first Communist state and set the stage for the defining events of the 20th Century.

Everything that has an end must have a beginning, and the beginning of the USSR sprang from the Russian Revolution of 1917.

In 1991, the Soviet Union, one of the world's two superpowers, officially dissolved. What was this country, why did it collapse, and why does it matter? Join us in this new series as we attempt to answer these questions, and more!

As lawyers, politicians, and diplomats clash on both sides of the Atlantic, the fate of the Creole rebels is decided and the Affair comes to its final conclusion.

The saga of the Creole continues, as the ship arrives in the Bahamas amidst political and diplomatic crises.

In 1841, a group of enslaved men seized an opportunity to obtain their freedom and set in motion a series of events that would alter the course of history.