Ariel view of the destroyed reactor, 1986 Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly military conscripts and reservists,...
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East Roman Empire, 6th century CE, showing the territories of the Avars, Goths, Franks, Lombards, Saxons, Thuringians, Slavs. / Image by William R. Shepherd,...
When Vladimir Putin reviews the troops marking the 70th anniversary of Russia’s victory of Nazism, he won’t...
Denali is the highest peak in North America, and the tussle over its name symbolizes the U.S....
“Vasili Arkhipov is arguably the most important person in modern history, thanks to whom October 27, 2017...
Soviet leaders Red Square, Moscow, USSR celebrating the second anniversary of the October Revolution / Photo by L.Y....
Rurik / Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.03.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The...
Demonstrators against Russian military actions in Ukraine rally in New York, March 2, 2014. AP Photo/John Minchillo Americans are...
Figure 3.1 Map of Russia / CIA World Factbook Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.25.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been described as a Byzantine Emperor in style, positioning Russia as the...
Ancient aqueduct construction illustration / Creative Commons From Dr. Stephen T. Muench (by student Mia Celizaga) / 12.04.2015 Associate...
The Melnikov House. View from the courtyard. 2015. © Pavel Kuznetsov A new grant will enable conservation...
Matryoshka dolls featuring the image of US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the...
Over a period of 30 years, millions of criminals and political prisoners were sent to Soviet labor...
Boris Yeltsin (left) and Mikhail Gorbachev (right) / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor...
Trans-Siberian Railroad / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History...
The Romanovs / Wikimedia Commons The period between the Russian Revolution of February 1917, which resulted in...
Andrei Makarevich, lead singer of the Moscow rock band “Time Machine” / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis...
Tol’iatti, Russia / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History...
By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University Anti-Parasite Law...
Sputnik 1, first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 / Photo from the...
Nikita Kruschev announcing the creation of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, January 16, 1953 / Wikimedia Commons By...
Children in the Russian Famine of 1946-1947 / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor...
By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University 900 Days...
By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University Aleksandr Gerasimov...
Moscow before Reconstruction, by Viktor Ruikovich (1927) / Photodome By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 09.24.2015 Professor of...
Stalin on building of Moscow-Volga canal. It was constructed from 1932 to 1937 by Gulag prisoners. /...
Stalin visiting the ailing Lenin at his dacha in Gorki. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum...
By Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum / 12.28.2015 Professor of Russian and European History Michigan State University 1921-1924 Comintern...
Peter the Great portrait by Paul Delaroche / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. John Merriman / 09.15.2008 Charles...