They are called Svan Towers. Stark stone towers built to keep warmth in and invaders out. Located high in the remote valleys of the Upper Caucasus mountain range they were meant to be the highlight, ...

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan is currently demolishing the house where Leon Trotsky spent several weeks in exile from the Stalinist bureaucracy.

BORN: Jan. 8, 1902. ORIGIN: Cossack from Ural region. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS: Height, 5 ft. 7 in.; weight, 250 Ibs. FAMILY STATUS: Married to an actress, his second wife; two children. So much—and not ...