The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ... in tea grown in different parts of the world differs. Russian scholars report that tea does not contain much iron ...

When it comes to jewelers of the Russian Imperial court, the first name to be mentioned is of course Faberge, which produced gem-encrusted Easter eggs, cigarette cases made of precious metals ...

Vladimir Putin has bombed an historic Russian palace in the Ukrainian city of ... "The building is a symbol of imperial might. "Of course, we will restore the palace - especially since it is ...

The Russian imperial army and navy disintegrated after the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917, so the Council of the People's Commissars created the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on a voluntary ...

Public Domain The Russian Imperial Family on the steps of the Catherine Palace Author's Collection Anastasia, Tatiana, Olga and Maria had been losing their hair from the measles. In June 1917 ...

There’s something fitting about the term “vatnik” — derogatory Russian slang for pro-Kremlin loyalists — because whether by accident or design, it translates eerily well to a concept ...

TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces carried out a precision strike at the former Kharkov Palace hotel, which housed up to 200 foreign mercenaries that were supposed to take part in raids on Russian ...

TASS/. The presidents of Russia and France, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, may meet soon, but no such talks are scheduled by the end of this week, the Elysee Palace told TASS. "This week the ...

and Russian and Soviet imperial history. Her work on the formation of the Hermitage Collection of Russian Books and Manuscripts was published in the Soviet Union and Germany. She presented 11 lectures ...

Writer Ted Willis appears as himself in a five-part drama about how events unfolded in Ekaterinburg in 1918 and what fates befell various members of the Imperial Russian Family. Show more Writer ...