One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and ...

The Russian Revolution happened over 100 years ago, at the tail end of World War I. After centuries of being ruled by a sprawling empire governed by the Romanov family, combined with the devastating ...

On the morning of Dec. 26, 1825, a group of Russian military officers supported by 3,000 soldiers gathered in Senate Square in the heart of St. Petersburg. They had assembled to force the government ...