A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ...

In 1547, Ivan IV (1530-1584), archduke of Moscow, crowns himself Tsar of Russia and sets about reclaiming lost Russian territory. In scenes of his coronation, his wedding to Anastasia, his ...

It was written, supposedly, by Sylvester, a monk-tutor of czar Ivan the Terrible. Unsurprisingly, some teachings from “Domostroi” seem out-of-keeping with today’s sensibilities. For example ...

This is a war of ideas, narratives and myths – one that can be traced to the mid-1500s, when Ivan the Terrible, Grand Duke of Muscovy declared himself the first “tsar” of all Russia.

The boy is said to resemble Putin in his Soviet childhood. The first images of Vladimir Putin's alleged secret 10-year-old son, Ivan, have surfaced, released by VChK-OGPU, a Russian anti-Kremlin ...