Lenin at the First (Constituent) Congress of the Comintern The First (Constituent) Congress of the Comintern was held in Moscow between March 2–6, 1919. Here we republish a lengthy, comprehensive history of this critically important revolutionary working-class organization that existed from 1919 to 1943 from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 1979. Text: The Communist International (also called the Comintern or the Third International), an international organization that existe

The Motherland Calls Stalingrad Memorial Complex, Volgograd, USSR, 1980s The Workers Party of Ireland marks the anniversary of the historic Battle of Stalingrad, one of the most decisive and devastating confrontations of the Second World War. By the summer of 1942 the nazis transferred substantial forces to the Soviet-German front but despite numerical superiority the nazis could not force their way into the city and it was not until mid-September that the fascist forces were

Lenin in Tampere, Finland, 1905, Painting, Aleksandr Moravov, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #1739 The painting depicts the first time that Lenin met...

LENIN MUSEUM. School children and their teacher view portraits and statues of the founder of their State. From USSR Magazine, April 1948:...

Article by Vladimir Shcherbina, Soviet Literary Critic, that appeared in USSR Magazine, April, 1948. Soviet writers find in great Lenin a...

Kirov speaking at the tribune of XVII congress of the CPSU, painting Pyotr Belousov (1912-1989) The great revolutionary and Bolshevik...

Mao reviews a PLA tank unit after the liberation at the Xiyuan Airport Beijing, March 1949 Published in the English language magazine...

On June 12, 1956 the great American singer, actor, athlete, Communist and all-around Renaissance man Paul Robeson appeared before the...

With news from Brazil, Cuba, the US, the UK, Norway, Australia, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and elsewhere. Protestors march...

Cover of Soviet Life Magazine in honour of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, December 1982 Today marks the anniversary...