In 1917, war, famine, and fury ignited a revolution that would topple a 300-year-old dynasty and reshape global politics for ...

Here 'Pulp Fiction' 'Inglorious Basterds' and 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' director Quentin Tarantino names his favourite British films from 1939 to 1966.

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Eighty-five years ago, in the early morning hours of May 24, 1940, an attempt was made to assassinate Leon Trotsky, the great ...

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

Russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff died in 1943, weeks after giving his final performance, at the University of ...

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 ...

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ROCOR, founded by clergy fleeing the 1917 Russian Revolution, is considered the most conservative Orthodox jurisdiction in ...

Among the 20th century’s most significant choreographers, he led the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, creating epic ...

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 ...

In 1917, the Russian empire of the Romanovs ... Many of those stationed in St. Petersburg mutinied to join the growing revolution. The czar was forced to abdicate. A provisional government ...