The death of the ‘notoriously evil’ monk was reported in the Manchester Guardian on 3 January 1917, while the following day, amidst all the news about the war in Europe, it was noted that Russia could ...
FILE PHOTO: Wagner private military group centre opens in St Petersburg (Reuters) - Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin responded to comparisons between himself and the monk Rasputin who treated ...
Grigori Rasputin is one of the most notorious names in Russian history - and his piercing eyes, creepy gaze, greasy hair, and ...
In the volumes of Russian history there are a great many famous names. In the arts we read of Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, on the battlefield there was Peter the Great and Zhukov and in the sciences, ...
The third episode of The Romanoffs centers around a show within a show. In "House of Special Purpose," Christina Hendricks plays Olivia Rogers, an actress who has been flown in to star as Tsarina ...