One of only three Russian rulers to be awarded the sobriquet ‘the Great’, Catherine, like Peter the Great, polarises biographers. Most historians who compare the Russia she inherited (or usurped) in ...

Petersburg proper, the Catherine Palace and Park certainly merits a visit by anyone in the area, especially enthusiasts of elaborate and fanciful architecture. In 1717, Peter the Great ...

But there is also a broader point here regarding Russian great-power ambitions. For all the talk of a limitless partnership between Moscow and Beijing, China ultimately did nothing to save Russia ...

One of the smartest politicians I ever read is Tsar Catherine II of Russia. Derided in her days and modern times as a hypocritical warmonger with an unnatural sexual appetite. Catherine the Great used ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Over the past decade, China and Russia have deepened their diplomatic relationship despite a long and complicated history marked by both ...

It also significantly extends Russia's ability to reach several NATO allies in Eastern and Central Europe. A map and recent satellite analysis by Newsweek highlight two primary locations ...

Denis Diderot, at Catherine the Great’s insistent invitation, spent the autumn and winter of 1773–4 in ... After abandoning her attempts to reform Russia’s legal and educational systems, Catherine ...

For more information, visit the official website. Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six ...

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion ... times when there have been changes not reflected in the maps.

Syria's White Helmet rescuers on Tuesday called on Russia to pressure former president Bashar al-Assad into providing maps of secret jails and lists of detainees as they race against time to ...