In one of the strangest duels of the year, "Popeye" Tereshin measured his skills against Oleg Mongol, a veteran of the mixed ...

These heavy losses may have convinced the Mongol generals to retreat to conserve their numbers. Batu Khan did not abandon his conquests in Europe. In southern Russia he established a Mongol state ...

A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

By Anton Troianovski Andrew E. Kramer Constant Méheut and Ivan Nechepurenko Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul on Monday for peace talks, the second round of negotiations since the adversaries ...

But more than anything, he wants to see a new global order — and he wants Russia to play the starring role in it. Putin and several of his most trusted allies emerged from the remnants of the ...