He combined lofty idealism with deadly ruthlessness, forging an empire that changed the world. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s vision of communism transformed the Soviet Union into a world power and galvanized political unrest in countless other [...]
Towering over his people, he was a physical giant determined to shatter tradition and force his nation into the modern world. By the time Peter the Great was finished building cities and conquering nations, Russia [...]
The movie mogul Louis B. Mayer emigrated as a child with his parents from Russia. He began his road to success when he purchased a house, refurbished it as a nickelodeon, and opened one of [...]
Though he was born in 1888 in Russia, he came to be synonymous with the music of his adopted homeland. In a career that spanned half a century, he penned some of the most recognizable [...]
“A compelling and passionate tale of a country rebuilding itself.” (Hollywood Reporter) POWER TRIP has “suspense, comedy and some colorful characters” (Variety) and develops into an “increasingly absurdist standoff between Communist-inspired cynicism and tenacious capitalist [...]