Once prized fighters under the Tsars, Russia’s Cossack population was ostracised by authorities during the Soviet era. Under ...

The Decembrist revolt on December 14, 1825 saw army officers and intellectuals in favor of liberal reforms attempt to seize power after the sudden death of Tsar Alexander I, only to be crushed by the ...

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis came under criticism on Monday for telling Russian youths to remember that they are the heirs of past tsars such as Peter the Great, who President Vladimir Putin ...

VATICAN CITY, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Pope Francis did not intend to glorify Russian imperialism when he extolled tsars that expanded the Russian empire, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after remarks last ...

Orlando Figes is a British historian who has taught at both Cambridge University and the University of London. His latest book, The Story Of Russia, describes how President Vladimir Putin has used the ...

From tsars to Soviet leaders to the modern Kremlin, agreements meant to guarantee borders or limit aggression have often been ...

In the volumes of Russian history there are a great many famous names. In the arts we read of Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, on the battlefield there was Peter the Great and Zhukov and in the sciences, ...

FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a news conference in Moscow LONDON (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia did not plan to close "the window" to Europe which Tsar Peter ...