In 1907, the photographer decided to systematically document the Russian Empire, ... Rostov, an old Russian town northeast of Moscow, stood as the capital of Kyivan princes who moved into Russia.

Last Friday, early color photographer Sergei Mikhailovish Prokudin-Gorskii would have celebrated his 150th birthday. The Russian master died in 1944 at the age of 81. But he left behind over 2,600 ...

Russia's "empire" will fall as different areas it lays claim to rebel over the Ukraine war, Ukraine's defense minister has said, predicting the breakup of the Russian Federation.

Putin, in the footsteps of Potemkin, is trying to recreate the Russian Empire by Dov S. Zakheim, opinion contributor - 03/22/24 9:30 AM ET ...

Between 1909 and 1915, Prokudin-Gorskii crisscrossed the Russian Empire via train, taking photographs of 11 different regions. 150 of his photographs are now on display to the public in Paris ...

PICTURES OF RUSSIAN LIFE; THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF THE GREAT EMPIRE. Share full article. June 14, 1880. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Small wonder some Ukrainians now refer on social media to “Pushkinists” launching missile attacks on their cities. For example: “Pushkinists didn’t allow us to sleep properly ... With hindsight, we ...

In the latest move to get distance itself from Russian dominance, Kazakhstan has renamed a town in the region around Astana, the capital, after Kenesary Khan, who led the largest uprising against ...

Thus, in 1801-1878 Georgia was almost completely annexed with Russian Empire. Afterward, only the extreme South-West part of Georgia remained outside the borders of Russia. by Dr. George Anchabadze ...