Stalin’s death on March 5, 1953 did not bring stability to the Soviet Union, it opened a vicious struggle for control at the top of the regime. As fear, paranoia, and conspiracy consumed the Kremlin, ...

People gather to lay flowers at the grave of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 5, 2026, marking 73rd anniversary of Stalin's death.