According to legend, the church was built on the site where Prince Vladimir was baptized. We highlight what you need to know about it. Chronicles say that the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has provoked an intense debate about the origins of Russia and Ukraine. While Russia ...

In the 10th century, Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev , who examined several different religions, chose the Eastern Orthodox faith and was baptized by Orthodox clergy in the year 988. Since that day ...

Architectural historian and photographer William Brumfield unravels the 500-year history of the Novodevichy Convent and its ...

One key lesson many states are drawing from the Russia-Ukraine war is that a nuclear-armed Ukraine would have been better off ...

The religion imported by Prince Vladimir shaped the Russian nation and ... the decaying summer palaces of old Russia's tsars and grand dukes overlook the Gulf of Finland. Behind the ruins of ...

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov and his fiancée Rebecca Virginia Bettarini tied the knot on Friday. Foreign guests included Prince Rudolph ... Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman ...

With them are also commemorated their fellow Martyrs: Grand Duke Sergius Mikhailovich; Princes John, Constantine, and Igor, the brethren; Prince Vladimir Paley; and Theodore Remez. Emulating the ...

The man who would become King George V, was born when his grandmother, Queen Victoria, was alive. His father and brother were ...

Prince Charles stoked controversy during a visit to Canada by comparing the recent actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin's to those of Adolf Hitler, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.

This year has seen Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly brandish the nuclear sword, reminding everyone that Russia has ...

With them are also commemorated their fellow Martyrs: Grand Duke Sergius Mikhailovich; Princes John, Constantine, and Igor, the brethren; Prince Vladimir Paley; and Theodore Remez. Emulating the ...