Called treacherous, deluded, out-of-touch, insane, Lenin might have been a minor historical footnote but for the Russian Revolution, which catapulted him into the headlines of the 20th century.

Explore the life of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who was reelected by an overwhelming majority in 2004, but who has been criticized for stifling democratic reforms.

By the summer of 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev had brought the Soviet Union to the edge of ruin when an attempted coup by communist hard-liners precipitated the final collapse of the system.

Ivan the Terrible, Russia's first Tsar, led a brutal and unpredictable life. Piece together clues to what Ivan's Russia looked like and peer into the world of Russia's Terrible Tsar.

Deep within the former Soviet Union lays a classified subterranean world of Cold War secrets. Join host Don Wildman as he ventures behind the Iron Curtain to reveal how the Soviets really prepared for a nuclear war.

Experience the final days of the mighty Romanov dynasty and penetrate the web of intrigue surrounding the murder of the royal family.