Sophie Pinkham’s “The Oak and the Larch” traces how Russian history and literature have shaped – and been shaped by – its deep forests.

From tsars to Soviet leaders to the modern Kremlin, agreements meant to guarantee borders or limit aggression have often been followed by violations that reshape entire regions. As international ...

December 2025, several Russian state-controlled media outlets spread a rumor that Russia could apply for membership in the ...

A new book written by Russian-American writer Julia Ioffe confronts the forgotten narratives of the women who stood alongside some of Russia’s most well-known male leaders. Ioffe joins Michel Martin ...

Standing in front of the White House complex on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered news that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been waiting for: “We are going to, either ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state’s long history with Russia — ...

pt. I. The tsarist period. 1. Russian science before 1800. 2. Science in nineteenth-century Russia. 3. Russian intellectuals and Darwinism -- pt. II. Russian science and a Marxist revolution. 4. The ...

To read Julia Ioffe’s new book, “Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy” is to take a rambling ride — or a crash course if this is new territory — through the ...

Russian museum websites and online collections have portrayed Ukraine, its history, and culture as inseparable from Russia. Credit: University of Exeter Russian museum websites and online collections ...