The quiet and echoing rooms of the museum in Poltava, dedicated to an 18th-century battle in central Ukraine, belie a ...

For years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been trying to rebuild the Tsarist empire, expanding Russia’s sphere of ...

They ran the country as autocrats. This meant that the Tsar, and only the Tsar, governed Russia: Tsars believed that they had a divine right to rule Russia, their position and power had been given ...