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Russell Tarr explains how the Bolsheviks established their grip on Russia after the 1917 Revolution, and at what cost.

When England’s search for a Northwest Passage via sea failed, an audacious plan to forge a land route was hatched by the Muscovy Company.

The aim of Charles I’s foreign policy was to restore his nephew’s lands in the Rhineland. France, he thought, was the key to success.