MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin, honoured like a Russian tsar at his swearing-in for a new six-year presidential term, had a double-edged message for the West: the Kremlin is ready to talk but ...

The last official tsar of Russia was Tsar Nicholas II, who abdicated on March 15, 1917, following the Russian Revolution. It ended more than three centuries of rule by the Romanov family. Nicholas II ...

Wielding completely unchecked power, Ivan brought Russia to the brink of ruin—but that doesn't even scratch the surface of just how bad things got. Read on and find out how this infamous Tsar got his ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

* Tsar's family ask Russia to reopen criminal case * Tsar Nicholas II was murdered with his family in 1918 By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The self-proclaimed heir to Russia's imperial ...

It had the makings of a military thriller. In November, Ukrainian operatives carried out closely sequenced attacks on critical sections of the Baikal-Amur Railway, which runs through eastern Russia ...

Lucy Worsley concludes her history of the Romanov dynasty, investigating how the family's grip on Russia unraveled in their final century. She shows how the years 1825-1918 were bloody and traumatic, ...

From Peter the Great’s doublet to the wedding dress of the last tsar’s wife Alexandra, Russia’s renowned Hermitage museum has put on display highlights from its vast and unique costume archive. A new ...

Russia is a classic battleground. As Adolf Hitler’s drive passed its initial phase last week, the new conqueror showed by the routes he chose and the techniques he used that he had studied hard the ...