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‘Night Witches’ was the unflattering nickname the Germans gave to the 588th all-female Night Bomber Regiment. Under Yevdokiya Bocharova’s comman…
Khokhloma is one of the most recognizable of Russian-related designs. When you look at it, you realize that it can't be anything but Russian. He…
Having once been the imperial capital, St. Petersburg abounds in a variety of symbols embodied in mythological characters. Find out what tasks w…
The rough realities of Russia’s medieval period, the greatness and downfall of the Russian Empire, the tragedy of the Civil War and the heroism…
German forces had broken through to the Caucasus, threatening to seize the Soviet Union’s largest oil fields. The loss of the “black blood” so v…
The “Battle on the Ice” where Alexander Nevsky, a Russian prince, defeated the knights of the Livonian Order, is considered a milestone in Russi…
During the Russian Civil War, Leonid Govorov fought against the Red Army. This, however, did not prevent him from later becoming a Soviet marsha…
It might surprise you to learn Russian Emperors received personal allowances from the state's budget.
Far from being suicide squads, it was quite possible to return from Red Army penal units with hero status.
Both sides scored multiple victories in the course of the sparring between rival intelligence services.
Unlike other allies of the Third Reich, Hungary had no reason to go to war against the Soviet Union. Still, the Hungarians were the only ones am…
5 reasons the first Russian Emperor is remembered as an outstanding statesman to this day.
When Michal Jankowski was fighting against the Russian tsar for his people’s freedom, he had no inkling that, in the future, he was to do so muc…
The Soviet Union had client states on almost every continent — these were its key and most devoted comrades.
The reasons for the Soviet air attack on Stockholm in 1944 are still debated today. The Swedish official version says it was a navigational erro…
Many of these cities welcomed Russian soldiers as liberators – but not all.
Mircko Zago has been living and working in Moscow for almost 20 years, during which time he has become the most famous Italian chef in Russia. H…
If you've waded through the works of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and are wondering if there's anything else with the same depth and degree of...