In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their ...

The great dramatist ... the German-born Empress Catherine seized power and went on to rule feudal Russia with iron resolve and cruel severity for the next thirty two years. Those who were rumoured ...

Founded in 1794 by Empress Catherine II, the city flourished under the Duke of Richelieu, who was its governor from 1803 to 1814 and is still worshiped in Odesa. In addition to its Russian and ...

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He genuinely believes that the war in Ukraine with its massive loss of life is a huge tragedy, thanks not least to bungling Joe Biden — who did nothing to stop the barbaric Russian invasion.

The Victorian era featured many political giants. Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, and Lord Salisbury are some obvious ...

The United States, reflecting the extraordinary turnaround under President Donald Trump, joined Russia in voting against a Europe-backed Ukrainian resolution. The US then abstained from voting on its ...

The high art that collectors did possess was entirely the work of foreigners. In his efforts to modernise Russia, Peter the Great was aware that the arts Only a selection of our reviews and articles ...

In citing this "Potemkin version" of law, Scruton refers to the supposed tricky practice of Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin when acting as chief minister to Empress Catherine the Great of ...

The Russian tsar, Peter the Great, reportedly said that had he conquered Tallinn ... Catharinenthal) in honour of his wife, Catherine I. 90. At the end of the 17th century, Russian Orthodox Old ...