Russia

A.J. Halpern queries the source of Russia's disputed status as a European state.

Leonard Schapiro examines the reasons behind the failure of the other revolutionary forces in revolutionary Russia.

Richard Hare recounts the history of Russia's Western metropolis.

Helen Szamuely explores the unprecedented success of a household manual and cookery book produced by a Russian housewife, Yelena Molokhovets, following the Emancipation of the Serfs in 1861.

The contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I, Ivan IV was the real founder of modern Russia, and, Jules Menken writes, the originator of the disciplinary system by means of which many Russian rulers since have held, their power.

Roger Hudson expands on an image of Russian ships destroyed by the Japanese at Port Arthur, 1904.

Recent episodes in Russia paint a disturbing picture in which the Little Father’s actions and legacy are undergoing rehabilitation, says Emily Whitaker.

Ivan became Grand Prince on March 27th 1462, following the death of his father.

Chris Corin elucidates important documents relating to the power struggle after Lenin's death.

Greg Carleton explains how disastrous defeats for the Soviet Union and the US in 1941 were transformed into positive national narratives by the two emerging superpowers.