The Decembrist revolt of 1825 saw Russia’s nobility attempt to depose tsar Nicholas I. Dismissed as romantic idealists, they ...

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Sergei Mosunov has his sights on an original imperial egg as he forms a launch pad to attract the global elite ...

VATICAN CITY, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Pope Francis did not intend to glorify Russian imperialism when he extolled tsars that expanded the Russian empire, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after remarks last ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis came under criticism on Monday for telling Russian youths to remember that they are the heirs of past tsars such as Peter the Great, who President Vladimir Putin ...

In the volumes of Russian history there are a great many famous names. In the arts we read of Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, on the battlefield there was Peter the Great and Zhukov and in the sciences, ...

Orlando Figes is a British historian who has taught at both Cambridge University and the University of London. His latest book, The Story Of Russia, describes how President Vladimir Putin has used the ...

You may only know of the Romanovs through watching ‘Anastasia’ but the Russian royal family owned some seriously stylish ornaments. To the Tsars of old, Easter eggs weren’t made of chocolate but were ...