Hitler and Stalin
The lives of Hitler and Stalin: Two sides of the same coin

Hitler
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment's uniform, by Vigilius Eriksen | Public Domain
Catherine the Great and the coup that made her Empress

Russia
Rasputin prior 1917 | Public Domain | Wikimedia
The life and death of Rasputin: part 3: How he met his violent death

Mysteries
The life and death of Rasputin: part 1: The wandering holy man

Russia
Grigory Rasputin, Major General Putyatin and Colonel Loman | Public Domain | Wikimedia
The life and death of Rasputin: part 2: Romancing the Romanovs

Russia
The Romanovs

Russia
Russian infantrymen advancing in a sector on the Eastern Front
Operation Barbarossa

WW2
26th November 1942: Armed with light machine guns, Soviet troops attack the German forces in the vicinity of the Red October plant in Stalingrad.
How Russia Won the Battle of Stalingrad

WW2
Eastern Front

WW2
Remembering Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet officer who saved the earth. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Man Who Saved The World

Apocalypse How
Aftermath of the Battle of Stalingrad
What if Stalingrad had fallen?

Hitler
The real story of the Chernobyl divers

Russia
The Russian Revolution set the stage for Joseph Stalin (pictured).
The Russian Revolution, a Century On

Battles
Stalin’s daughter: the Cold War’s most famous defector

Russia
Left: Soviet anti-aircraft gunners on the roof of the Moskva. Right: Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Hitler study maps during the early days of Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s Failed Invasion of the Soviet Union

Russia
What are Putin's plans for the 2018 World Cup?
How Hitler Used the Olympics as Propaganda, and Could Putin Do the Same?

Hitler
History’s greatest love affair: Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin

Kings and Queens
Four Sisters: The untold story of the doomed Romanov girls

Kings and Queens
William Simpson - Charge of the light cavalry brigade
‘Gallant’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘useless’ - the Charge of the Light Brigade

Battles
10 things you didn't know about Joseph Stalin

WWII Secret Army
HISTORY's Forgotten People: Lavrentiy Beria

Russia
The "Official" Story of Hitler's Death

Hunting Hitler
Lyudmila Pavlichenko 'Lady Death': history's deadliest female sniper

Russia
German Panzer IV and Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack \ Wikipedia
The Battle of Kursk: the largest tank battle in history

Battles
The Spies next door

Damian Lewis Spy Wars
Viktor Bout – Merchant of Death

Damian Lewis Spy Wars
Able Archer 83: the NATO war game that almost led to nuclear conflict

Damian Lewis Spy Wars
Reproduction of the poison-tipped umbrella that killed Georgi Markov
The weirdest cold war assassination of all

Damian Lewis Spy Wars