"St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska," as she is officially known, was canonized June 19 as the first female ...

Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential house damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, July 4, 2025.

In Normandy, a glorious Russian convent, Lesna, has been one of the most important historic places of reference for Russian emigration since the late 19th century. During his visit to France in ...

First established in Poland in 1885, the “new convent” eventually found a home in Normandy in 1950 after a long wandering. Its history and profile attract many Russians abroad, who intend ...

Beginning in September, Russian middle and high school students will be handed a new textbook titled “My Family.” Published in March, the textbook’s co-author Nina Ostanina, chair of the State Duma ...

Make Russia Medieval Again! How Putin is seeking to remold society, with a little help from Ivan the Terrible By Dina Khapaeva, Georgia Institute of TechnologyApril 22, 2025 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Beginning in September 2025, Russian middle and high school students will be handed a new textbook titled “My Family.” Published in March 2025, the textbook’s co-author ...

Over the past 15 years, Russian TV viewers have received an average of two state-funded movies per month, advertising the benefits of Russian medieval society and praising Russian medieval warlords.

A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ‘political neomedievalism’ by the Kremlin.

Indeed, President Vladimir Putin’s government is actively prioritizing initiatives that use medieval Russia as a model for the country’s future. In doing so, the Kremlin unites a long-nurtured dream ...