The author of literary classics such as Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), is widely regarded as Russia’s greatest poet. While the Pushkin family was of ...

grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne. The marriage was unhappy, but the couple did produce one son, Paul. In 1762 Catherine's husband became Tsar Peter III but he was soon ...

The design was drawn by Czar Peter the Great. The ship took part in the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden and was operational till 1725 to be disassembled in the 1730s when it went ...

The figure of Emperor Peter the Great, as well as the era of his formation and reign, still excites the minds of people all over the world. The creators answer the questions of how to take the ...

The story of the meeting between Tsar Peter the Great and a common soldier, who turned out to be the full namesake of the Sovereign Emperor, and even a countryman. Not recognizing the tsar ...

Originally built by Peter the Great, this fortress includes the burial ground for many Romanovs, from Peter himself to Alexander III. At the heart of the fortress is the soaring Peter and Paul ...

The last tsar of the previous dynasty ... and son followed father generation after generation until Peter the Great took the title of emperor and declared that his wife Catherine I would succeed ...

Naro-Fominsk and Grad Sviyazhsk and the amphibious assault craft Alexey Barinov traditionally carrying a replica of Tsar Peter the Great’s botik (boat). During the first rehearsal, the crews ...