On January 22, 1973, the landmark judgment on the Roe v Wade case was passed by the United States Supreme Court. The judgment ...

The Japanese author Tsuyoshi Hasegawa successfully argues that, far from being inevitable, the blame for the fall of Nicholas ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

From a fabled punk band to a trashy art exhibit, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend and beyond.

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine, Constantine XI Palaiologos (Feb. 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453), dubbed the last Christian ...

With 5,000 public and private institutions that contain millions of historical objects, Ukraine’s museums preserve the story of the nation’s struggle for freedom. Many museums have experienced ...

Russian author and poet Alexander Pushkin. The liberal city by the sea was a radical one too: “A nest of conspirators,” in the words of Tsar Nicholas I. A secret Greek society plotted the ...

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The activities in this self-guided tour of the Museum at the Getty Center explore different aspects of the idea of power and how artists have represented and been inspired by this idea for hundreds of ...

Here stands a Tsar, at 25 years and one day ... chased but his quick reflexes saved him (from ‘First Person : An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’) This anecdote ...

It has forced Russia to reorient its lucrative European energy trade to less profitable markets. Like Czar Nicholas II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has misidentified his primary foe.