Russia and Ukraine have battled over the atmospheric seascapes of the celebrated 19th-century painter Ivan Aivazovsky. Of Armenian descent, Aivazovsky (1817-1900) spent most of his life in ...

The Russia-Iran relationship, rooted in history, has evolved from territorial disputes and wars in the 19th century to ...

Irina Efremova, PhD in art history and the exhibition curator, told mos.ru about why ladies needed a ball book and how Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna designed the invitation.

President-elect Donald Trump this week decided to revive 19th-century imperialism. In a single news conference, he pondered making Canada a state and acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal by ...

Russian forces have launched missiles at the centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, ...

An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks ... at the heart of the Ukrainian identity struggle caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion. The photograph — staged and taken ...

President-elect Donald Trump this week decided to revive 19th-century imperialism. In a single news conference, he pondered making Canada a state and acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal by ...