6 Kings and 6 Queens explores the intense contest for the Modjadji Rain Queen’s throne in the Balobedu Kingdom, a matriarchal monarchy led by women for over 200 years.

Arthur Ransome was not only the well-known children’s author on the adventures of the Swallows and the Amazons but also wrote ...

ROCOR, founded by clergy fleeing the 1917 Russian Revolution, is considered the most conservative Orthodox jurisdiction in the US.

My attempt to commit the Socialist-Revolutionaries to a truly internationalist policy on WW1 (an immediate end to the war even at the risk of revolution or civil war at home) was scuppered by ...

Russian filmmaker Roman “Roma” Liberov had long been fascinated by writers who fled his country after the 1917 Russian Revolution. He never imagined that he would one day become an exile himself.

It continued under the Soviets after the Russian Revolution and in 1944, the Crimean Tatars were deported to Central Asia. They were only allowed to return to their homeland in the 1990s, ...

Simple History. The Russian Revolution (1917) Posted: February 24, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. The year is 1917. Millions of Russians had been either killed or wounded.

WW1's Worst Prototype Tank - Fiat 2000. Posted: 7 February 2025 | Last updated: 7 February 2025. In order to try and gain an advantage on the battlefield, Italy set out to develop a Tank of its ...

In the Middle East, British, French and Russian forces, along with local allies, defeated the Ottoman Empire through a number of offensives and campaigns, culminating in the Battle of Megido in 1918.

A Nasty Little War: The West’s Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution by Anna Reid (John Murray, £25) More book reviews on theartsdesk; Ignominious failure and betrayal were the main reasons this ...