According to the early Ruthenian chronicles, Prince Vladimir the Great erected a cult statue of Perun (along with other Pagan idols) outside of his palace in Kiev shortly after he started his rule in ...

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

In all probability, the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir was painted in Constantinople. In the twelfth century, Patriarch Luke Chrysoberges sent it to Kiev to Great Prince Yuri Dolgruky. The icon ...

Princess Tatiana of Greece looked back on a "difficult year" amid her divorce from Prince Nikolaos and after her relative, ...

The religion imported by Prince Vladimir shaped the Russian nation and ... at the height of the Great Purge of 1937-38, were shot and buried in mass graves just south of Moscow.

The cathedral contains particles of the relics of Prince Vladimir and a copy of the miraculous ... the church gradually fell into disrepair. During the Great Patriotic War, it was badly damaged ...

The Prince Vladimir submarine is expected to be supplied ... with Mr Putin seeing his missile inventory as a key indicator of great power status. It comes amid reports (in Russian) that Russia ...

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

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

Prince Louis couldn't help but steal the show once again during the Trooping the Colour celebrations as the cheeky royal ...

No major party presidential candidate, much less president, in American history has been accused of wrongdoing so many times.