Generally speaking, the Tsars of Russia didn't have the best track record when it came to assassination attempts. Ivan IV ...

Long romanticised in folklore, Russia’s Cossacks were once semi-autonomous communities living across southern Russia and ...

Two Hundred Years ago, the Decemberist Revolt marked a chance for Russia to embrace Western values with a constitutional monarch extending freedoms for its people. This missed opportunity led to ...

We were the children of 1812.” That was when Napoleon invaded Russia; two years later Russian forces entered Paris. They ...

The Decembrist revolt on December 14, 1825 saw army officers and intellectuals in favor of liberal reforms attempt to seize power after the sudden death of Tsar Alexander I, only to be crushed by the ...

The Battle of Adrianople during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 played a crucial yet overlooked role in Greece's fight for ...

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Next week, President Vladimir Putin will strut on the world stage, joining President Xi Jinping at Beijing for a vast military parade to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

ZURICH (Reuters) - A century after the October Revolution that ended his family's three-century reign of Russia, Hans Georg Yourievsky believes the country needs a tough leader. But -- for now at ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years ago. The ...