and tall bearskin hats. Some of the best viewing locations were given to 3,000 grey-haired veterans of the war, who tended to show up wearing their medals on their civilian clothes, which is a common ...

In part 10 of the Revolutions series, Dominic Alexander details the development of Russian history towards the 20th century ... and were all led by Cossacks, in the south-east and middle Volga regions ...

SEOUL, March 15 (Reuters) - Multiple Russian military planes entered South Korea's air defence zone on Saturday, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said on Saturday. The Russian planes entered ...

Russian state-sponsored news accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of trying to “lecture” President Donald Trump in a raucous Oval Office meeting that played out on live TV Friday ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops are still holding off Russian and North Korean forces in Russia’s Kursk region after a U.S. military official said Russian forces could ...

PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday.

[Updated at 13:45]: The State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) has announced the opening of criminal proceedings into the deaths and injuries of Ukrainian servicemen following a Russian missile strike on ...

Moscow is using infantry to storm the Ukrainian border from the Russian region of Kursk, which is partially controlled by Ukrainian forces, Kyiv has said. Ukraine launched a surprise offensive ...

A new take on a storied pro-independence figure An all-female cast is taking on “Hetman,” a play based on the life of Ivan Mazepa, a 17th century Cossack leader who defected from the Russian ...

A new take on a storied pro-independence figure An all-female cast is taking on “Hetman,” a play based on the life of Ivan Mazepa, a 17th century Cossack leader who defected from the Russian Empire's ...

The proverbial Russian phrase “if only the tsar knew” captures this mindset. But as the economist Brad DeLong likes to say, “the Cossacks work for the Czar.” In other words, the blame for misdeeds ...