It should come as no surprise to learn that being born under a shadow as large and daunting as Joseph Stalin's inevitably ...

Keystone A woman walks down a flight of stairs. An excerpt from an amateur film that couldn't be more ordinary. But the shot, which was taken 60 years ago, has it all: the woman's name is Sventlana, ...

MADISON, Wis. — Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s daughter, whose defection to the West during the Cold War embarrassed the ruling communists and made her a best-selling author, has died. She was 85.

MADISON — An independent film is bringing to light a well-kept secret in these parts: Soviet Dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter has lived incognito for much of the past two decades in small towns ...