The acquisition was announced publicly in April. The Fabergé Russian Imperial triptych in the closed position The seller was A La Vieille Russie, a well-known New York-based art and antiques dealer.

There’s something fitting about the term “vatnik” — derogatory Russian slang for pro-Kremlin loyalists — because whether by accident or design, it translates eerily well to a concept ...

Eleven letters sent by Napoleon Bonaparte, including dispatches from the Kremlin, have gone on sale following the blockbuster auction of the diminutive French emperor's hat for US$2.1mil (RM9.8mil).

Even some of the people born into the Russian imperial elite came to think differently from others in their social class. Leo Tolstoy evolved into a world-famous advocate of pacifism. The father ...

Russian imperial ambitions date back to the 16th century when the Grand Principality of Moscow, or Muscovy, proclaimed itself the third Rome, the successor of the Byzantine Empire and protector of ...

Among them is one dated September 18, 1812, in which he arrives in Moscow at the height of his Russian campaign and ... at the time both an imperial palace and military fortress.