Behind Putin’s war—and any discussions about peace—is a two-century-old fiction about the two countries’ unity.

The book is ideal for anyone who wants a better ... Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and the Tsarist Empire’s collapse after Russia entered World War I. Galeotti notes that success can breed ...

After the 1917 Bolshevik revolution that swept the tsar from power and pulled Russia out of the war, the bonds became worthless. A poster advertising a “Book For A Soldier” committee ...

Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $45.00. ISBN: 0700628606 The Final Decades of the Army of the Tsars Prof. Reese (Texas A&M), author of Why Stalin's Soldiers Fought and other works on Russian ...

Antony Beevor’s new book, a history of the Russian Civil War ... the familiar ground of the revolution”: the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917, the establishment of a provisional ...

They ran the country as autocrats. This meant that the Tsar, and only the Tsar, governed Russia: Tsars believed that they had a divine right to rule Russia, their position and power had been given ...

Famous English novelist Rudyard Kipling, however, popularized the term in his book Kim, published in 1904. Kipling used the term “Great Game” to describe the struggle between Tsarist Russia ...