This Russian sweet pastry has turned heads since ancient times. Because it's still delicious.

A comparison of Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014 vs. the invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022 (written two weeks prior to the invasion)

Excerpt from a newly published memoir, an autobiographical account of an engineer swept up into Stalin's Gulag.

An illustrated history that draws parallels between a potential invasion of Ukraine today and Catherine the Great’s occupation and annexation of Crimea in the late 1700s.
 

A security guard at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center was fired after defacing a $1 million Soviet-era painting. 

Where we remember Vladimir Lagrange, the photographer who showed everyday Soviets living their lives.

Putin pays his respects at a memorial cemetery - by locking out the survivors and setting up snipers.

"I have enough safety margin for a lot more. Nothing is impossible, even at such a venerable age. Take care of yourself, dear friends, and never be afraid of anything."

– Maria Koltakova, the "Steel Granny," imparting wisdom, insight, and encouragement.

One of the earliest residents of Anchorage, Alaska, was a Russian guy with a larger-than-life personality.

Newly declassified documents show that the British government intended to save the last Romanov.

An excerpt from the new book, The Gambler Wife, a glimpse into the life and motivations of Dostoyevsky's very successful wife.

August 27, 1698, was a day of historic importance for the grooming of the Russian male. It was then that Tsar Peter I (known to history as “the Great”), armed himself with scissors and undertook to mercilessly clip beards from the faces of summoned noblemen and boyars.