One of the most elusive figures in Russian revolutionary history has a face at last with the discovery of an image of Lenin’s lover. Apollinariya Yakubova was described admiringly by Vladimir Lenin’s wife as the “primeval force of the Black Earth”, a...

The USSR's role in the defeat of Nazi Germany World War Two 70 years ago is seen as the nation's most glorious moment. But there is another story - of mass rapes by Soviet soldiers of German women in the dying days of the war. Some readers may find this...