In late 1825, a group of reform-minded Russian military officers believed the time was ripe to end the rule of the czars.

I found myself for the first time face to face with the mightiest and most dreaded morarch in the world. In spite of his 56 years the classical Greek features and giant figure of Nicholas I. still ...

On the morning of Dec. 26, 1825, a group of Russian military officers supported by 3,000 soldiers gathered in Senate Square in the heart of St. Petersburg. They had assembled to force the ...

Russia was actually one of the very first nations to allow women to vote in the world, with only New Zealand - in 1893 - Finland (1906), Denmark and Iceland (both in 1915) beating them to it.

Nicholas Roerich, who was born on this day 150 years ago, was first and foremost an Indophile, someone who perhaps can be said to have laid the foundation of Indo-Russian friendship.

Nicholas Daniloff, reporter for U.S. News & World Report, stands with his family and President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan after his release from being detained in Russia, on Sept. 1, 1986.

Russia was actually one of the very first nations to allow women to vote in the world, with only New Zealand - in 1893 - Finland (1906), Denmark and Iceland (both in 1915) beating them to it. While 15 ...