In just 18 years, the DMK stormed to power, not just becoming the first ... in the party and government hierarchy. We look at how Stalin rose up the ranks and contrast it with his son’s rise.

He joined the Marxist party, though many found him far too militant, as he continued to rise to power. In the midst of this, there was the Russian Revolution of 1905 – and Stalin met Lenin for ...

Stalin, like other the hardliners within the party, orders the public execution of deserters and renegades. When Lenin takes power he appoints Stalin to be General Secretary of the Communist Party.

Musicians, like writers, who Stalin described as “engineers of the human soul”, were believed to have immense social and moral power. If anyone strayed from the general artistic doctrine of ...

A look at how Hitler and the Nazi party rose to power in Germany ... At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade ...