In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, Alexis Rodzianko, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, holds a picture of his great grandfather, Mikhail Rodzianko, during an ...

If the French Revolution of 1789 defined European — and world — history, in the 19th century, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 did the same for the 20th century. The historian Eric Hobsbawm, ...

Immediately after the October Revolution of 1917, many state institutions in Russia were paralyzed, but for a very short time – the Bolsheviks dealt with the problem mercilessly. Ten days after the ...

In early July, the chairman of the Russian Historical Society addressed a gathering on how the country should mark the centenary of the revolutions of 1917 which toppled the Romanov dynasty and then ...

This New Statesman report by the historian Julius West gives an eye-witness account of the start of Bolshevik rule in Russia. It tells of the smelly, smokey atmosphere surrounding the Smolny Palace on ...

In 2016, President Vladimir Putin proudly participated in the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II commemorations, poignantly holding a picture of his father during the "immortal ...

MOSCOW – They played key roles in Russia's 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, which triggered a civil war that killed millions, devastated the country and redrew its borders. A century later, their ...

MOSCOW – They played key roles in Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, which triggered a civil war that killed millions, devastated the country and redrew its borders. A century later, their ...

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