How did Russia become the largest country in the world? In this first part of our detailed series, we trace the early history ...

This seemingly modest object is a national shrine associated with the young tsar Peter I, his personal boat from a flotilla built during 1689-92 on Pleshcheyevo Lake. My photographs were taken ...

Czar Peter the Great of Russia casts a long shadow over history. A giant of a man, with appetites for learning and adventure to match, he did more to modernize his country than pretty much any ...

She arrived in Russia in 1744 to marry Peter III. At 14, she had three desires—to be loved by her husband, Empress Elizabeth, and her people. She omitted nothing to achieve this. ...

A vessel touted as Russia's first modern cruise liner but hit by repeated delays has been sent back to the shipyard for more work. Construction began on Pyotr Velikiy (Peter the Great) in 2016 at ...