This often noisy exercise in projection is wholly dismissive, for example, of concerns that the man, as the conservative commentator Matthew Parris put it in The Times, is “a slob, a cheat, a ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

A man in the United States unknowingly purchased a rare Fabergé egg for $14,000, which turned out to be worth approximately ...

The Conqueror of the World Early Life and Ascendancy Alexander III of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great, was born in 356 ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the ...

Alexander II Nikolaevich was Emperor of Russia and Grand Duke of Finland from 1855 to 1881 from the Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp dynasty. He is known for the liberal reforms he carried out in Russia.

In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

Alexander Pushkin ... Odesa is the product of Russia’s imperial project. Odesa was founded at the end of the 18th century, after Catherine II (often called Catherine the Great) directed her ...

This name has been popular among European royalty every since the Holy Roman Emperor ... II is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, and Victoria was Alexandrina Victoria — her godfather was Alexander I of ...

The United States received support from Russia. In the 1860s, Russia once again provided assistance to the United States during the American Civil War, as Emperor Alexander II lent his complete ...