As a young painter in Leiden, Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn signed his canvases with a monogram, ...

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The painting “Galata Tower by Moonlight” by Hovhannes (Ivan) Aivazovsky has sold for record 130 million rubles at the Moscow Auction House. In general, the works of Russian artists of the XVI ...

by blowing up a scooter on the snowy streets of Moscow. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov is the most senior commander to be killed in the heart of the Russian capital since the start of the war in Ukraine.

For Yalda Night, a Persian celebration of the winter solstice, sumptuous snacks and dips are in order. Louisa Shafia is a celebrated authority on Iranian cooking. She's the author of two cookbooks ...

A Russian general was killed today by a bomb on a Moscow street. Ukraine claimed responsibility for what appears to be one of ...

A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter, Russia’s investigative committee said. Lieutenant General Igor ...

A Russian general who was wanted by Ukraine for using chemical munitions was killed by a remotely detonated bomb in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian authorities said. • Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov ...

There was no public claim of responsibility for the blast, which damaged the first four floors of the residential building on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow. But media reports in Ukraine ...