A new exhibition spotlights Natalia Pavlovna Paley, the granddaughter of a czar. She built a new life for herself in France ...

HISTORYFor several centuries - especially from the 16th to the early 20th century - Europe’s royal families were deeply ...

Guercino’s King David has now joined its two companion works at the National Gallery, settling £5.6m in inheritance tax ...

Inside the world of British jeweler, silversmith, and goldsmith Mappin & Webb as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...

With each passing day, Armenia is sliding further into dictatorship. The vulgar, even pornographic, language Prime Minister ...

Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar ...

Human Rights Watch wrote on May 22 that “Russian attacks in Ukraine since January 2025 have killed and injured more civilians ...

Czar Nicholas II had mobilized about 12 million men; casualties — dead, wounded and missing — finally topped 50 percent. The soldiers, illiterate but sturdy peasants, were often misused by ...