Surreal montage showing Malenkov and Khrushchev dancing in Soviet military uniforms to Prokofiev’s Dance of the Knights behind Alan Sugar in the Canary Wharf Apprentice boardroom.

Dance of the Soviets

Some dates in history produce strange coincidences. Others produce moments where one death completely overshadows another. 5 March 1953 is one of those rare days. On that day Joseph Stalin died. For the Soviet Union — and much of the world — it marked the end of one of the most powerful and brutal regimes […]

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