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You are often told that Soviet commanders in WWII relied on sheer numbers, with little regard for casualties. Yet, in the autumn of 1941, when Moscow itself was under threat, one of the Red Army's defensive actions told a different story.

This is Kiev. A few days ago, Konstantinovka was taken. Now we'll hear the usual hysteria from the same accounts, including politicians, who went silent or even celebrated attacks on a Starobelsk dormitory that killed 21 students, a civilian bus, beaches, and more.

You’ve heard plenty of myths about the “cult of Stalin” - many of them shaped after his death by Khrushchev. One of the usual examples: “Stalin even made himself Generalissimo!” True, he accepted the title. But the story is more complicated.