Visiting Leningrad in 1967, Barnes wrote in the magazine ... of the past and present of St. Petersburg’s Hermitage palace and museum, in which she played an eccentric gadfly haunting the ...

A favorite partner of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev, she was blocked from major international tours at the peak of her career after her free-spirited personal style angered the Kremlin.

“He had,” comments Pears, “a far better companion to talk to.” The couple were married in Leningrad’s Palace of Marriages on 10 August 1965. In England, Salmina reinvented herself as a ...

The only determined defenders of the palace were the members of a female ... After the First World War, the city became Leningrad. Unlike most other major cities, it lacked an agricultural ...

A new letter sent to Polish officials claims to reveal the location of the Nazi gold train hidden near Wałbrzych since World ...

A participant sheds tears during the "Immortal Regiment" parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in Vladivostok, Russia, May 9, 2025. (Photo ...

These days, we are celebrating the decisive contribution of the Soviet Union to the victory over Hitler’s Germany and the ...

Anna Plaksyuk, 26, was sentenced to 9 years in prison after she was convicted of "violent acts of a sexual nature committed ...

The Winter Palace is widely believed to have suffered ... The cradle of the Russian Revolution, St Petersburg, was renamed Leningrad in his honour. Lenin taught generations of Soviet children ...

Later known as Leningrad (in the former USSR), the city is closely associated with the October Revolution. Its architectural heritage reconciles the very different Baroque and pure neoclassical styles ...

Tottenham Hotspur will be aiming to celebrate their progression to the Europa League final by beating fellow capital outfit Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday. The Lilywhites will have ...