What was the Russian Civil War? Why did so many die in the Crimean War? What was the French Russian war? What tactics were used in the Crimean War? What animals were used in the Crimean War? What role did geopolitics play in the Crimean War?
What was the Russian Revolution? Follow the journey from Russian disapproval of the Tsar to his eventual abdication. Communism may come to mind when thinking about the Russian Revolution, however, the motivation of the Russian people was not really about Communism at all. The Russian empire was...
Kronstadt was (and is) a naval fortress on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Traditionally, it has served as the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and to guard the approaches to the city of St. Petersburg (which during the first world war was re-named Petrograd, then later Leningrad, ...
The world of sport will also shine a spotlight on Europe this year, too, with the Olympics (and all the controversy over Russian and Belarusian athletes) coming to Paris, and the men's European Football Championship in Germany. 2024 will also be decisive for Ukraine in the ongoing...
The head of a Russian mercenary group who launched a rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership in June is presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash.
At the height of the war, Ukraine passed a law to create a legal framework for cryptocurrency, allowing crypto exchanges to operate in the country and banks to open accounts for crypto firms. Cryptocurrency has been thrust into the spotlight during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Cryptocur...
Around 295,000 people live in Murmansk, a port city founded in 1916 at the height of World War I. One of its Soviet-era landmarks, the 236-foot (72-meter) Arktika Hotel, is the tallest building north of the Arctic Circle. The region's second-largest city is Russian, too. Norilsk...
UPDATE JULY 2024. So I had a conversation with an American friend the other day, and he had never heard of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he thought Dubai was the capital of Saudi Arabia and he thought theirnationalitywas Muslim. Yup, really! Where do I start?! I tried to tell him...
No, Mike and I took the train down. In a wonderful old fashioned Pullman Car–not one of the ones with the beds because we spent the night in the bar where Mike almost took some guy out who was too drunk and was pestering a woman. I found the whole experience pretty …“Wow, I ...
Violent protests in Kazakhstan in recent days have seen the government resign and the declaration of a state of emergency as troops from a Russian-led military alliance head to the Central Asian country to help quell the unrest.