Tour the Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting ... once belonged to the Romanov family and Russian aristocracy, decorative and applied arts, jewelry, silverware, and religious icons created ...

Ancient gold and silver jewelry has been unearthed from within ... are excavating the site alongside archaeologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences. There is evidence that the Mangup region ...

Always: Russian history is a struggle against those who from time immemorial have sought to “divide and rule” by pitting “the parts of a single people against one another.” This fraught view of a ...

For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress — who reigned from 1762 to 1796 after overthrowing her own husband, Peter III — understood ...

A view of a Russian history textbook for schools with a sign on the cover reads "Russian history. 1945 year - beginning of the 21st century. Grade 11. A basic level", in Tallinn, Estonia, Feb. 13 ...