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Georgia Unseals Stalin’s 40,000‑Bottle Wine Vault

Proceeds are to fund a national wine education and research school while specialists begin condition checks and provenance confirmation.

La Scala Opens 2025 With Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth on Dec. 7

Loznitsa’s ‘Deux Procureurs’ Opens in France, Channeling Stalin’s Terror Through Kafkaesque Drama

Rosh Hashana Deaths of Two Lubavitch Leaders Marked by Funerals in Kfar Chabad and New York

Russia Revives Stalin’s Image with Metro Relief and New Monuments

North Korea Relaunches 5,000-Ton Destroyer as Top Officials Vanish From State Media

Russia Reinstalls Stalin Statue in Moscow Metro to Bolster His Image

Stalin Monument Reinstalled in Moscow Metro Draws Divided Reactions

Renowned Composer Sofia Gubaidulina Passes Away at 93

Global Commemorations Mark 91st Anniversary of the Holodomor Genocide