The extraordinary life and times of one of Russia's most important doctors.

War Communism was on the ropes in the fall of 1920. What's a dictator to do?

Looking back at the life and work of the legendary filmmaker, and how views of him have changed over time.

How a progressive regiment was crushed by a single, petty man.

The Great Stand on the Ugra River, a confrontation in the autumn of 1480, has come to be known as an emblematic moment in Russian history. Yet things are not always what they seem.

On the founding of the Russian Geographical Society 175 years ago.

When cosmonauts and astronauts linked up in space, it represented far more than a technological achievement.

A look at the history and cultural influence of dachas.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II this May, we look back at how Soviet and Russian cinema has depicted the war.

The little-known fates of the wives of Ivan the Terrible's son.

May 5 marks the bicentennial of the birth of one of Russian history’s greatest scholars: Sergei Solovyov.

300 years of book burnings, banishments, and censorship in Russian books.