Could a Leningrad streetsweeper really be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of the last Tsar of all Russia?

The 1990s saw the situation change abruptly. The USSR collapsed, and the Russian state that emerged from it was weaker and ...

Eighty-five years ago, the ruling camarilla around Marshal Gustav Mannerheim invited Nazi Germany to garrison Finland and ...

On December 30, 1922, a new country came into existence. One that would go on to change the lives of millions and alter the path of global history. The Union of ...

From this grab-bag of disciples, it is easy to see Trotskyism and Trotsky as eccentric, alien influences. The man himself ...

A few great performances can’t save a musical that fudges history and narrative stakes in service of sentiment and sparkle ...

The daughter of autocratic rulers who lived in a gilded fortress with little care for their people is a fraught heroine on ...

The Russian and the Indian both aimed to emancipate the poor and end injustice. Which one seems more relevant now?

Addressing First Indian Communist Conference in Kanpur held during 25-27 December 1925, M Singaravelu termed Congress a ...

Certainly! Here's the revised description with the link removed: --- One of the most fascinating aspects of Russia right ...

It’s always interesting to delve a little bit in the democratic history of a country. In autocratic Russia, it was very short-lived. Following the Russian-revolution of 1905 a “constitution” and ...

Julia Ioffe has created a riveting red history of the Soviet Union through a colourful cast of remarkable women: some of them ...