In Russia the traditional relationship between lord and serf was based on land. It was because he lived on his land that the ... to the feudalism that had operated in many parts of pre-modern Europe.

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 ...

President-elect Donald Trump this week decided to revive 19th-century imperialism. In a single news conference, he pondered making Canada a state and acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal by ...

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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 ...

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An image depicting a famous 19th ... Russia’s full-scale invasion. The photograph — staged and taken in late 2023 by Émeric Lhuisset, a French photographer — reimagines a famous 19th ...

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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 ...

Professor J. Thomas Shaw, whose 880-page edition of the letters has been reissued by Alma Classics after decades out of print, points out that although Pushkin gives us an encyclopaedic view of ...

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 ...

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.