Kyiv,” at the Ukrainian Museum, the revolutionary artist—a star of the avant-garde while the Soviet Union still permitted one ...

When the riots broke out, Nicholas instructed the city commandant to take firm measures and sent troops to restore order. It ...

In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins on March 8, 1917 ...

Today is Saturday, March 8, the 67th day of 2025. There are 298 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 8, 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 ...

1917: Protests against food rationing broke out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), triggering eight days of rioting that resulted in the abdication of Tsar ...

In 1917, when Russia was on the verge of revolution, 100,000 women marched down the streets of the Russian capital Petrograd, ...

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?

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 ...

In the hyper-commercialized world we now live in, it might be impossible to associate anything but overpriced flower bouquets ...

there is a scene of 'Bolsheviks Storming the Winter Palace' in 1917 and a painting of Soviet troops having 'A rest after battle' during World War Two. Mr Trinder explained they came from a "rather ...

Rand was only 12 when she and her family fled from Petrograd to Ukrainian Crimea in 1917, during the withering nationalization campaigns of the Bolsheviks. She and her family returned in 1921 to ...