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.

Ukraine and its European allies have called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a 30-day ceasefire, which could start as early as Monday, after the leaders of Germany, France, the United ...

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 ...

Putin’s Victory Day speech on Red Square was one of the shortest in years, maybe ever. It was heavy on the usual tropes: the ...

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 ...