The current occupant of the Kremlin uses the example of the first emperor to justify his policy: "Just like him, today we ...

Russian diplomacy has centuries-old long-standing traditions. Every year on the 10th of February Russian diplomats mark their ...

On January 15, VTsIOM published its assessment of Russians' knowledge of history — the results turned out to be contradictory ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Bellingshausen and Lazarev marked the beginning of unparalleled ...

They were first discovered in the Ural Mountains of Russia in the early 19th century and were named in honor of the future emperor Alexander II. The natural version of this color-changing gem is ...

Alexander Zverev is a German national, despite both his parents hailing from Russia. "I'll only represent Germany. I grew up there, went to school, and have German friends. Even though I have ...

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Павел Александрович; 3 October 1860 – 28 January 1919) was the sixth son and youngest child of Emperor Alexander II of Russia by his first wife, ...

British Defense Secretary John Healey told Parliament on Wednesday the Royal Navy was tracking a "Russian spy ship" that passed through U.K. waters, warning Russia's President Vladimir Putin ...

The declining health of Russia's economy is as clear as day — or night, a finance minister said Wednesday. Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials were ...

Russian-Israeli Alexander Trufanov, who has been held hostage in Gaza by Hamas terrorists and is due to be released as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, is reportedly ...

Imperial ambitions led to the annexation of Taiwan in 1895 and Korea in 1910, while victory against Russia in 1905 signalled Japan ... In 1881, revolutionaries killed Tsar Alexander II as his carriage ...