The northwestern Russian city of Vologda has erected a 9-meter-tall statue of Tsar Ivan IV, better known as Ivan the Terrible ...

The Time of Troubles is one of the most dramatic periods in the history of Russia. It was the period of the collapse of statehood, when Russia was experiencing the first civil war in its history and ...

In the heart of Helsinki, a statue of a Russian Tsar overlooks the city, symbolizing Finland’s long and complex history with ...

Russia went to war in 1914 — and it destroyed the monarchy. Soldiers had no rifles, cities had no bread, and Tsar Nicholas II ...

Russia marked National Unity Day, commemorating the liberation of the Kremlin from Polish invaders in 1612. President Vladimir Putin highlighted the continuity of defending sovereignty. The day, ...

Russian president instructs officials to draft proposals on potential nuclear weapons testing at Security Council meeting in ...

A mass grave holding soldiers from Napoleon Bonaparte's French army reveals some of the diseases that killed the Grande Armée ...

Russia’s waging the world’s first war aimed at obliterating internet use in the target country, but Ukraine’s resistance is winning, says a top scholar on the conflict.