Russian policeman holding a truncheon
Chechen rebels take hostages in Moscow theatre

Russia
A monument to Alexander II stands outside the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, Russia.
Tsar Alexander II Assassinated

Russia
Vladimir Putin standing behind a teal green curtain

Putin's Gamble: Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea - a short history

Russia
Finnish soldiers aim a large gun in a winter forest

How Finland protected its WW2 independence during the Winter War

Russia
Hitler and Stalin

The lives of Hitler and Stalin: Two sides of the same coin

Hitler
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment's uniform, by Vigilius Eriksen | Public Domain

Catherine the Great and the coup that made her Empress

Russia
Rasputin prior 1917 | Public Domain | Wikimedia

The life and death of Rasputin: part 3: How he met his violent death

Mysteries

The life and death of Rasputin: part 1: The wandering holy man

Russia
Grigory Rasputin, Major General Putyatin and Colonel Loman | Public Domain | Wikimedia

The life and death of Rasputin: part 2: Romancing the Romanovs

Russia

The Romanovs

Russia
Russian infantrymen advancing in a sector on the Eastern Front

Operation Barbarossa

WW2
26th November 1942: Armed with light machine guns, Soviet troops attack the German forces in the vicinity of the Red October plant in Stalingrad.

How Russia Won the Battle of Stalingrad

WW2

Eastern Front

WW2
Aftermath of the Battle of Stalingrad

What if Stalingrad had fallen?

Hitler

The real story of the Chernobyl divers

Russia
The Russian Revolution set the stage for Joseph Stalin (pictured).

The Russian Revolution, a Century On

Battles

Stalin’s daughter: the Cold War’s most famous defector

Russia
Left: Soviet anti-aircraft gunners on the roof of the Moskva. Right: Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Hitler study maps during the early days of Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s Failed Invasion of the Soviet Union

Russia

History’s greatest love affair: Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin

Kings and Queens

Four Sisters: The untold story of the doomed Romanov girls

Kings and Queens
William Simpson - Charge of the light cavalry brigade

‘Gallant’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘useless’ - the Charge of the Light Brigade

Battles

10 things you didn't know about Joseph Stalin

WWII Secret Army

HISTORY's Forgotten People: Lavrentiy Beria

Russia

The "Official" Story of Hitler's Death

Hunting Hitler

Lyudmila Pavlichenko 'Lady Death': history's deadliest female sniper

Russia
German Panzer IV and Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack \ Wikipedia

The Battle of Kursk: the largest tank battle in history

Battles

The Spies next door

Damian Lewis Spy Wars

Viktor Bout – Merchant of Death

Damian Lewis Spy Wars