A brief analysis of why exactly Putin invaded Ukraine. And the reason he's giving.

Today is International Women's Day, which traces its roots to 1917, when Russian women demanded "bread and peace." Four days later the tsar was forced to abdicate and the provisional government granted women the right to vote. What's going on today in Russia?

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.