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Photograph of Vasilii Trushkin aged 15 on pages from his diary

Diaries reveal teenage angst in Stalin’s Russia

21 Jul 2025

Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, pressure to succeed and...

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How Churchill Waged War

21 Nov 2018

A newly-published book by Churchill Archives Centre Director Allen Packwood illuminates the agonising decisions faced by the Prime Minister during...

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Churchill Papers added to UNESCO’s list of the world’s greatest cultural treasures

30 Nov 2015

Winston Churchill’s vast archive – including his wartime speeches, letters to Stalin and three US Presidents – has been added to UNESCO’s...

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Russian Poster 38

Totalitarianism, violence and the silent majority

06 Mar 2013

The ‘horrifying genius’ of Soviet totalitarianism and its ability to control and quell protest will be examined tonight by Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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