Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

A top Russian oil executive has been found dead beneath the windows of his Moscow home in what authorities said was an ...

Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

Guercino’s King David has now joined its two companion works at the National Gallery, settling £5.6m in inheritance tax ...

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

President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan ripped into Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign promise to “kick the fascist ICE out of New York City,” telling the Democratic ...

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

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

Human Rights Watch wrote on May 22 that “Russian attacks in Ukraine since January 2025 have killed and injured more civilians ...

Asked about NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte's recent warning that China is working together with Russia, Iran and North Korea, Luxon noted the "Dutch directness" - but indicated a "difference of ...

xxxvi, 658 pages : 20 cm This is a comprehensive overview of 20th-century Russian history that treats the years from 1917 to 2000 as a single period and analyses the peculiar mixture of political, ...

Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Moskovka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, the Defence Ministry said. Russia’s claim could not be independently verified immediately. Military ...