Russian Czar Nicholas ii commissioned a photographer, one that pioneered colourized photography, to travel through the ...

One of the most well-known figures of those regions around this time must be Stenka Razin. Terrorising the Caucasus, Don region, and northern Persia, this pirate-turned-rebel leader led one of the ...

"Special Report" Bret Baier delivers a history lesson on the Russian Empire and Vladimir Putin's intent on restoring it. BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS: Welcome back to SPECIAL REPORT. In just a few moments, we ...

Last month, I stood at the corner of what used to be Pushkin Street in Kyiv. Following Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it has been renamed Yevhen Chykalenko Street, after a ...

Lorenzo A. Castro’s painting of the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. Credit: U.K. National Maritime Museum Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and ...

Within the field of Russian religious art, Russian icons hold a singular place within the country’s art historical traditions. First emerging in the 11th century, despite their significance they have ...

Putin and Russia have one thing in common: violence. Russian history is essentially a history of violent undertakings in the vast region known as Russia. In the same fashion, Putin’s life has been, ...

History loves unintended consequences. The latest example is particularly ironic: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to restore the Russian empire by recolonizing Ukraine has opened the door ...

In May 2016, Vladimir Putin announced that he was seizing personal control of the Russian State Archive (RosArkhiv), formally known as the Federal Archival Agency of the Russian Federation. He removed ...