STALIN'S LEGACY

Towns abandoned as Russia retreats from its frozen north. 25 October 2003
One of Stalin's great dreams was to open up the north. Now 50 years after his death the Kremlin is reluctantly admitting that it can no longer afford the cost.

Squalid truth of Stalin's little martyr killed for informing on his father 27 December 2003
Pavlik Morozov, a boy who once loved communism, was hailed as the ultimate patriot, but now the myth is unravelling


No escape for gulag's former prisoners 28 February 2004
More than 50 years after they were deported by Stalin, hundreds of freed gulag inmates still remain trapped in the frozen north of Russia. One day, when the temperature was around minus 10 degrees and 25 mile an hour wind was blowing I headed up to Vorkuta in the far north.

Stalin's executioner was a doting lover. He wanted me as First Lady. 22 July 2004
Julius Strauss in Moscow talks to the femme fatale who melted the heart of Beria, the bloodthirsty secret police chief

Stalin's last army 4 September 2004
Hordes of gigantic crabs making their way to invade Europe. By Julius Strauss in Kirkenes, northern Norway.