How a progressive regiment was crushed by a single, petty man.

The Great Stand on the Ugra River, a confrontation in the autumn of 1480, has come to be known as an emblematic moment in Russian history. Yet things are not always what they seem.

At a time when international travel has come to a screeching halt, I can think of little better service our magazine can provide than to take readers to far-flung places.

This week: Soviet-relic bunkers burst forth with new life; Soviet-relic vehicles get new life; and Soviet-relic apartments crack under the pressures of life.

Was it aliens? Secret nuclear testing? Bigfoot? The Russian Prosecutor-General's office claims to have solved one of Soviet Russia's most perplexing mysteries.

A Lenin statue in Russia's Far East temporarily sported a new 'do.

Russia and Turkey are split over the use of an iconic Istanbul— er, Constantinople— monument.

This year's Victory Day parade was a sight to behold⁠— and we might be seeing its effects for the next 16 years.

A considering of differing Russian and American views on monuments, history, racism, and coming to terms with history

If Russia has its way, German history students could be reading a new article by none other than the president himself.

On the founding of the Russian Geographical Society 175 years ago.

“Geography is destiny,” Napoleon is said to have uttered. Shortly afterward he invaded Russia, proving both his maxim and that of one of his imperialistic predecessors, Julius Caesar: “It’s only hubris if I fail.”