Jun 15 Watch 7:17 You think you know the story of Stalin until you read about the extraordinary life of his daughter Svetlana By PBS News Hour She was born into a life of privilege amidst terror -- her father the dictator of the Soviet Union. Her story is told in the new biography "Stalin's Daughter: the Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva" by Rosemary Sullivan. Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Why ‘Doctor Zhivago’ was dangerous By PBS News Hour When Boris Pasternak finished his novel “Dr. Zhivago” in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual’s struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, “The Zhivago Affair,” tells the story of how Pasternak’s novel came to… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Russia’s former foreign minister discusses Putin’s motivations in Ukraine By PBS News Hour Russian President Vladimir Putin has evoked Ukraine’s Soviet past as a way of justifying the annexation of Crimea, and to appeal to many Ukrainians. Putin has argued that post-Cold War expansion of NATO has provoked Moscow. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch What can history teach us about the unrest in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch In signing treaty, Putin declares Crimea has always been ‘inseparable’ part of Russia By PBS News Hour Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia with a stroke of his pen. The Russian president delivered an emotional address to his parliament on the annexation of that peninsula before endorsing the formal treaty. Margaret Warner reports on… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Journalist Reflects on Covering 3 Decades of War in Afghanistan Jeffrey Brown talks to Edward Girardet about his new book, "Killing the Cranes," which details his personal experiences in Afghanistan -- including a debate with Osama bin Laden -- and the history of a country at war for nearly 30… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Remembering the Overthrow of Gorbachev, 20 Years Later Twenty years ago, the stunning overthrow of USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev by a Communist coup dominated the news. The coup eventually backfired and led to the end of the Soviet Union. Jeffrey Brown takes a look back at the last… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch ‘My Perestroika’ Reveals Personal History of Last Soviet Generation In "My Perestroika," filmmaker Robin Hessman traces the last generation raised in the Soviet Union through the eyes of five Muscovties, from childhoods filled with propaganda to life in the new Russia. The documentary is part of a series of… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch George Shultz Reflects on the Reagan White House Jim Lehrer talks with former Secretary of State Shultz about a new documentary examining the Reagan White House. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Violence ‘Abating’ in Kyrgyzstan as Interim Leader Visits Stricken City The violence-stricken city of Osh received its first visit from Interim President Rosa Otunbayeva since the beginning of last week's crisis, who said the death toll is now believed to be more than 2,000. Continue watching