Grigori Rasputin is one of the most notorious names in Russian history - and his piercing eyes, creepy gaze, greasy hair, and bushy beard only add to the mystique surrounding him. The Mad Monk, as he ...

Learn about the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, the Bolsheviks, communism, the notorious Rasputin, rumors of cannibalism and acute poverty during the ...

One hundred years after the outbreak of World War I and the Russian Revolution, none of the problems of the twentieth century—devastating wars, economic crises, social inequality, and the threat ...

1905 Revolution — Causes and events The 1905 ... events and effects The dire social conditions of the Russian people, rural and urban, and unpopularity of the Tsar's regime forced him to ...

Red flag-draped rallies in Moscow marked the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution on Tuesday. But despite the demonstrations, the crimes of the past and faded memories have made some ...

The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the ... Armies and their leaders would destroy all the achievements of the Revolution, break up the Soviets and bring back the old system.

However, only about 20,000 found their way into America during the period that followed the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 up through World War II. World War I, the Russian Revolution, and then the ...