Ever get the impression that the somber pictures of Munch are ready-made illustrations for the equally somber works of Dostoevsky? We do, and it turns out there’s more to this hunch than meets the eye.

When Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 after leading the 1917 Revolution that transformed Russia forever, the lefties turned him into a deity.

“When the Russian tsar is fishing, Europe can wait,” said Alexander III of Russia. How could this happen?