1812: Prime Minister Spencer Percival is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons. On the same day, the waltz is introduced into English ballrooms. Some observers consider ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is cast as Vladimir Lenin, the revolutionary leader of the Bolsheviks inspired by Karl Marx.

Russia’s president used the celebration of victory in World War II to highlight the resources he has to keep fighting in ...

Russia celebrated the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in an annual parade that filled Red Square with military hardware and dozens of foreign leaders. Vladimir Putin once ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence at the parade gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a boost as he tries to show that ...

Russia has celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin ...

A huge parade in the Russian capital to celebrate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, attended by leaders ...

The Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn captured in fiction the events that led to the Bolshevik revolution.

Cleveland Play House has announced the 2025-26 season that will take and transport audiences beyond pure entertainment with ...

Tamara pointed to her dilapidated wooden house in a town outside Moscow and lamented the economic hardships of daily life in ...

Vibrant, traditional, and modern, Russia’s two major cultural centers represent centuries of the country’s rich and turbulent ...

As the lives of the Tsar and his family hung in the balance, King George V of England weighed family ties against politics.