When the riots broke out, Nicholas instructed the city commandant to take firm measures and sent troops to restore order. It ...
A few hours later they were released. By then, Russia’s socialist revolution had taken place. Over previous days, the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies had secured control of most of ...
Kyiv,” at the Ukrainian Museum, the revolutionary artist—a star of the avant-garde while the Soviet Union still permitted one ...
In 1917, when Russia was on the verge of revolution, 100,000 women marched down the streets of the Russian capital Petrograd, demanding bread, improved working conditions, and an end to the rule of ...
Pavlichenko attained a final kill tally of 309, making her one of the top five deadliest snipers, period. M arch is Women’s ...
The world celebrates International Women’s Day each year on March 8. But did you know that the celebration has a strong Russian link dating back to 1917?
In both World Wars, people assume the Allied Powers had a crushing advantage and would have inevitably won the conflicts.
A 1957 photo features the tollbooth on Alton's Old Clark Bridge, where tolls ranged from 30 cents to $2. The bridge was ...
Once a radical movement for labor rights and gender equality, International Women’s Day has been repackaged into a corporate ...
International Working Women’s Day was never meant to be a celebration of women’s achievements within capitalism—it was a call to revolution. Its origins lie in the struggles of communist and socialist ...