They could not have been more different, but both these Vladimirs had a huge impact on Russian history.

Ivan the Terrible, notorious not only for being terrible, but also for killing his eldest son, may have finally found his heir.

170 years ago this week, January 15, 1850, the mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya was born.

245 years ago this week, on January 10, 1775, the rebel Yemelyan Pugachev was executed in Moscow.

The first months of 1920 was a dark time in Russia. The Civil War was grinding to its grim conclusion and intellectuals were in the crosshairs.

The first earthling to perish in space was the Soviet space dog Laika. Soon thereafter, the first earthlings to orbit the planet – 60 years ago this summer – were Belka and Strelka.

Vsevolod Ivanov’s books have long since been largely forgotten, and today it is hard to decide whether or not his current obscurity is deserved.

From the diaries of the US Minister to Russia, George Washington Campbell, 200 years ago.

The All-Russia People’s Front, an organization founded by Russian President Vladimir Putin, apparently counts teenagers as part of all Russian people.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Yanka Dyagileva’s punk rock album Anhedonia, the greatest monument to perestroika that you’ve never heard of.

Two reviewers evaluate Catherine the Great through a gender and a storytelling lens.

Seven types of kasha to last you all winter – from farina to kutya, and everything worth eating in between...