The Russian Revolution of 1917 replaced the autocratic Romanovs with a Bolshevik regime that itself ... In contrast, the Bolsheviks, under Lenin and later Stalin, resorted to ruthless suppression, ...

The Russian side says a huge victory has been won. There’s not a lot of information from the Ukrainian side.

The world celebrates International Women’s Day each year on March 8. But did you know that the celebration has a strong Russian link dating back to 1917?

In both World Wars, people assume the Allied Powers had a crushing advantage and would have inevitably won the conflicts.

Lenin knew and approved the deaths of Romanovs. The murder may have taken place in order to prevent the royals from being liberated by approaching White forces as well as It may have been to avenge ...

Although there are still a few commentators who see the collapse of the Romanovs and the rise of Lenin’s Bolsheviks as a historical moment of rare hope for humanity (see China Miéville’s recent ...