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The Rise and Fall of the Decembrists: Russia’s First Revolutionaries
The Decembrists were Russia’s first revolutionaries, challenging autocracy in the early 19th century. This series explores ...
The Atlantic2y
The Fall of the Russian Empire: The Part Played by a Woman
'We are the oldest government in Europe,' remarked Chicherin in 1923, during the residence of the present writer in Moscow. This droll comment of the Bolshevist Commissar for Foreign Affairs was ...
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FACTBOX: How Russia cultivated ties with African nations
The first political contact between Russia and African nations dates back to the late 18th century, when the Russian Empire secured support from the rulers of Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia in its ...
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A ROMANOV ALBUM
He brought the country, through his new capital at St. Petersburg, directly into the family of European nations ... conquests that enlarged the Russian Empire to one-sixth of the worldÍs surface.
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Fall of Putin’s global empire: Russia’s waning influence
Don’t look now but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s would-be global empire is getting smaller ... bring Belarus into the European family of nations: “Belarus’ place in the European ...
Russia Invaded Ukraine. Blame America First.
THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward ...