World War I had a catastrophic impact on Russia, forcing its withdrawal before the conflict ended, resulting in significant ...

Twelve years later he organized and led the victorious October revolution of 1917, a model for all ... exactly and rolled it off in perfect Russian: "Lyef Davidovich," I said, "I can only answer you ...

Turning Points of the Russian Revolution, a collection of essays edited by Tony ... that changed the world’, the eight-day trek by rail and ferry in April 1917 undertaken by Lenin and a small band of ...

It was ordered to decorate Moscow’s main streets and the homes of the nobility with conifer trees and branches. The New Year festivities lasted for seven days, topping the holiday off with a bonfire ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources. The Embraer 190 passenger jet was en route from ...

Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Vladimir Putin’s experimental “Oreshnik” missile fired against Ukraine last month was made by Russian ...

The mayor of a town outside Yekaterinburg finds himself apologizing for a holiday makeover that dressed outdoor monuments of Vladimir Lenin and Catherine the Great as Ded Moroz (Father Frost) and ...

A vessel carrying a sanctioned shipment of Russian liquefied natural gas appears to be offloading the fuel into storage in the nation’s far east, having failed to find a buyer willing to ...

The sinking of a Russian cargo ship that was sent to Syria to collect weapons was an "act of terrorism", the vessel's owner says. An engine room explosion sank the Ursa Major off the coast of ...

Maps of the war in Ukraine show Russian advances as troops appeared to make gains into enemy territory on Christmas Eve. These advancs stretch along the border of Russian-controlled land and show ...