Since that moment, Russia has also become the Russian Empire. For Catherine II (1729-1796), the title “The Great” was given officially by the All-Russian Legislative Commission convened in ...

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

A new book delves deep into the rise and fall of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group and its close ties to Vladimir Putin.

as well as the flags of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. The first part of the exchange took place on Friday when Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners, including 120 civilians ...

Once again, there's talk of peace in Ukraine — a lasting, just peace. And once again, we approach yet another “decisive” ...

After the fall of the Russian Empire, these awards and jewelry had been taken out of the tsars’ treasury, dismantled, with the stones going to the Soviet vaults. Each Order of Victory is made of ...

For decades, both liberal and conservative American politicians have recognized that the U.S. strengthens its own military and economic interests by being a leader in NATO – and by keeping thousands ...

In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

In Germany this development began relatively late. Political conditions in the Holy Roman Empire - known in Germany as the ‘Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation’ - were still entirely determined by ...

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