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

When the riots broke out, Nicholas instructed the city commandant to take firm measures and sent troops to restore order. It ...

By Alexander Larin On August 26, 1898, 1,126 Russian Doukhobors arrived at the port of Larnaca on the French steamship Le ...

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

In his new history of the end of Romanov rule, focusing on the week leading up to Nicholas’s abdication, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa is starkly critical of the last Romanov tsar in every respect. When Russia ...

Despite having wasted the lives of perhaps 200,000 Russian soldiers, his army is still failing to overwhelm Ukraine’s forces.

Vladimir Putin views his country’s cultural sphere like any other sector: a subordinate dominion, which should submit to the ...

These meticulously researched books illuminate the history of two storied Russian military outfits. Bukkvoll, a Norwegian defense analyst, uses a vast range of sources to put together a comprehensive ...