Russia and Ukraine have battled over the atmospheric seascapes of the celebrated 19th-century painter Ivan Aivazovsky. Of Armenian descent, Aivazovsky (1817-1900) spent most of his life in ...

Organized around five themes dating back to the medium’s beginnings, this exhibition explores nineteenth-century photographs through the work of twenty-one contemporary artists. Reflecting the ...

Image via Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn’s New Year Celebrations Brooklyn had many different ways to celebrate the New Year. Of course, in the late 19th century, your ability to celebrate depended on your ...

This New Year’s Eve, when Putin addresses Russians, he will be marking a quarter-century as Russia’s first man, both as president and during a four-year interregnum as a powerful prime minister.

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Analysis of radiocarbon-dated wood samples and plant remains indicated the vessel most likely dates to the late 18th century or early 19th century ... that align with Russian shipbuilding ...

and has since become one of the 21st century's most prolific warlords. DW looks at how EU, US and NATO relations with Putin's Russia have evolved. In August 1999, Vladimir Putin was appointed the ...

A video on Chinese social media has called on Beijing to take advantage of Moscow's weakened position to seize large parts of Siberia and Russia's Far East. The clip has gone viral in China and ...

The 19th century was a tumultuous period in the relationship between Britain and Russia. There were passing moments of goodwill and cordiality to be sure – as when Nicholas II visited India.

Yet the prospect of continuing dominance in this 21st-century technology hinges on harnessing a 19th-century one: electricity. That’s where America has a long way to go. The development of ...

As mass production capabilities grew in the 19th century, manufacturers needed to sell more goods year-round. The Christmas season, traditionally a modest religious observance, presented an ...