Founded by priests and clergy fleeing the Russian Revolution in 1917, ROCOR is seen by many as the most conservative Orthodox ...

The Russian president’s supposed popularity is a myth. He is terrified of real electoral competition.

With the suppression of the abortive uprising, Remnev was arrested on 5th July and held in the Kresty prison, in the same block as Trotsky (not actually a member of the Bolsheviks at this time), and ...

Even playing as Bolsheviks—which really ought to be easy mode—didn't go well. I just, uh, kind of forgot to do the October ...

Russia marks on Friday the 80th anniversary of the Soviet and allied victory over Nazi Germany, though there are fears that Ukraine may seek to disrupt the most hallowed celebration in the Russian ...

The year is 1917. Millions of Russians had been either killed or wounded. The Russian people were angry at Tsar Nicholas II for getting Russia into the war. Chief Justice Roberts temporarily halts ...

The Russian bourgeoisie was dependent on maintaining a firm alliance with the landowning ruling class, an alliance which withstood the first revolution of 1917, but was crushed by the Bolshevik ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Journalist and author Will Englund discussed the political and economic situation in Russia prior to the 1917 Russian Revolution. Journalist and ...

“It was such a blow that was dealt to Russia in 1917 when the country was fighting ... strife that lost Russia the war and led to revolution,” noted Jeet Heer in the Nation.

The historian’s new book Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 fails to understand that brutality is powered by ideas. By Daniel Beer When the tsarist empire collapsed during the First World War, ...