Before the revolution of 1917, Iulii Martov was arguably a more prominent figure in Russia’s socialist movement than Vladimir ...

The Russian battleship Potemkin became famous 120 years ago on this day when her crew mutinied against its officers. Here is ...

Women played a central role in the 1917 Russian Revolution, and author Cathy Porter is making sure those women are not ...

President Trump blasted Israel for not keeping the ceasefire he says they agreed to last night. "Israel, as soon as we made ...

Andrey Kurkov’s crime thrillers provide timely lessons for anyone living under an oppressive regime. A relatively young ...

The Russian Revolution hadn’t even happened when Lev Lipovich was born. By the time the Bolsheviks had seized the Winter Palace, Lev was already seven months old.

In January 1917, Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia while Bolshevik Vladmir Lenin lived in exile. By October, revolution had reversed their roles, leaving the former tsar a prisoner and Lenin holding ...

Updated October 7, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a pivotal event in Russian and world history that started on this day in 1917.

But the White anti-revolution forces that the Allies supported in the Russian civil war were led by nationalist arch-reactionaries with no more enthusiasm than the Bolsheviks for democracy and ...

The Russian bourgeoisie was dependent on maintaining a firm alliance with the landowning ruling class, an alliance which withstood the first revolution of 1917, but was crushed by the Bolshevik ...

In 1918, Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky told Western creditors aghast at the Bolsheviks' repudiation of Russia's external debt: "Gentlemen, you were warned." ...