In 1946, fresh from its epic victory over Nazi Germany, the Red Army was renamed the Soviet Army. It was a symbolic step: No longer seen as the muscle of a theoretical future world Communist ...

Living history hobbyist Craig Hall portrays a Soviet Cavalry officer and discusses the role of the Soviet Union in World War II. Appearing at the annual Army Heritage Days event in Carlisle ...

Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was a proposed military rank, specifically created for Joseph Stalin in 1945 “for especially outstanding service to the Motherland in the management of all of ...

This article originally appeared in the Aug. 20, 2012 issue of Forbes magazine. Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov—by Geoffrey Roberts (Random House, $30). The most formidable Allied ...

The Soviet victory in the Battle of Berlin finished Nazi Germany. In May 1945, the Red Army barreled into Berlin and captured the city, the final step in defeating the Third Reich and ending World ...