Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the ...

In 1811, Tsar Alexander I, supposedly allied with Napoleon, refused to be part of the continental blockade of British goods any longer. Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ...

SCOTUS dispatch: Supreme Court appears likely to side with straight women in ‘reverse discrimination’ case ...

Syed Firdaus Ashraf marches through time to trace the bitter history between Russia and its West European neighbours.

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

In October, Patriarch Kirill I asked the government to do comparative genetic studies of the remains of Czar Nicholas and his father, Alexander III. The Russian Orthodox Church believes positive ...