Russian History

Thomas de Thomon helped design impressive parts of St. Petersburg, but the city's statue of him looks a lot like a Scottish chemist 13 years his junior.

With an estimated casualty count of nearly 2 million, the six-month siege of Stalingrad remains one of the bloodiest military clashes in modern history.

The BK-31 vessel, sunk during the most critical stage of the Nazi siege, shows how close Stalingrad came to defeat during one of the war's bloodiest battles.

The Bolsheviks took power in October 1917. A century later, because of their own doing, their revolution's centennial comes in November.

The Kremlin has glorified the Soviet Union, but it certainly doesn't want to celebrate overthrowing governments by force.

The event follows a successful mock up of the 1941-42 Battle for Moscow.

The annexation of Crimea ranks above Yury Gagarin's flight and the works of Russia's great writers, in pride index.

Putin hailed the 90-year-old's "sincere love" for Russia. He died on Saturday.

The "Night Wolves" leader thinks the national anthem needs a change too.

Moscow wants you to ditch Charmander and look for Tchaikovsky instead.

The show will be set during a time of famine, war and betrayal in the Russian Empire.

Other tributes include a mass battle reenactment and traffic wardens donning Soviet-era uniforms.

President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly declined to offer an unequivocal condemnation of Stalin's three-decade rule.