Here stands a Tsar, at 25 years and one day, who has ascended to the title of the longest serving Russian leader, only after ...

In 1762, during the Seven Years’ War, the situation looked dire for Frederick the Great of Prussia. The tsarist Russian army, having exhausted the Prussians, was on the march and threatening Berlin.

He had devoted his life to serving his master - and, even in the face of certain death, that loyalty never wavered. Yet for 90 years, Briton Nicholas Johnson - murdered by Bolshevik ...

For much of its history, Russia, and its predecessor Muscovy, have been a land power. It was only at the turn of the 18th ...

Tensions between Russia and China date back to the 19th century when territorial treaties, seen as unequal by Beijing, forced the Qing Dynasty to cede vast swathes of land to Tsarist Russia.

But it wasn’t the sword of fate that struck down Imperial Russia as much as its “blinkered faith in autocracy” and the inept leadership of Tsar Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Romanov dynasty. In ...

DOHA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Igor Sechin, the head of Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM), opens new tab, on Saturday said he approved of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposals to ...