The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of the most visited museums in the world, is set to undergo a comprehensive ...

His newest piece, however, “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar," which played the Colonial Theatre over the weekend, is a two-actor affair featuring Felder as Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and Jonathan ...

There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the ...

In total, at least 18 members of the royal house, including Paley’s cousins, the deposed czar Nicholas II and his daughter Anastasia, met violent ends during the conflict.

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...

Despite intensive American efforts to broker a ceasefire and staggering battlefield casualties, Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar ...

In late 1825, a group of reform-minded Russian military officers believed the time was ripe to end the rule of the czars.

The Soviet Union’s 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, which resulted in heavy casualties and a humiliating climbdown, was a ...

The 50 salvaged cases of cognac brandy and 15 cases of herbal liqueur were originally intended for the aristocracy of Russia.

Notably, such a bridge had been planned for more than a century, with the first plan dating back to the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. Those plans were completed in 1910 but put on hold due to the ...