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Ukraine's fraught relationship with Russia: A brief history
The Week via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPhoto montage of Kruschev, Putin, Stalin and Volodymyr the Great. The history of what we now think...
Why did Putin go to war, and can Ukraine win? A leading Russia historian chimes in
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2021, marking the...
Russian oligarchs believe Putin tricked them into appearing to support the war in Ukraine, and got...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he visits the joint staff of troops involved in Russia's...
Anchorage's oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration project
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska's biggest city is packed with treasures for...
How the Kremlin weaponized Russian history — and has used it to justify the war in Ukraine
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEarlier this month, when Tucker Carlson asked Vladimir Putin about his reasons for invading Ukraine...
Woman caught writing fake Chinese, Russian history on Chinese Wikipedia for over a decade
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWikipedia has discovered that a contributor had been falsifying the history of the Qing Dynasty and...
Russia lost the first Crimean War because of widespread alcoholism. Drinking is killing their troops...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSoldiers battle during the Crimean War. Russia, ca. 1855.Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch...
Goodbye Lenin? How Russian revolutionary haunts Vladimir Putin 100 years on
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPainted Matryoshka dolls, also known as Russian nesting dolls, depicting Vladimir Lenin and Vladimir...
Who was Rasputin? Inside the life and death of infamous Russian royal advisor.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDid you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who...
The Crimean Peninsula is both a playground and a battleground, coveted by Ukraine and Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIts balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and Soviet general secretaries. Now, as...