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Who besides the French participated in Napoleon's invasion of Russia?
Why was German Willem Mons beheaded in Russia?
Did Alexander Nevsky ever utter the phrase about the fate of those who come to us with the sword?
3 tsarist generals who joined the Bolsheviks
Who were the ‘raeshniks’ & why were they Tsarist Russia’s first ‘TV’?
What is the oldest city in Russia? (PHOTOS)
How a fake Russian emperor became ruler of… Montenegro
How the Nazis called Soviet military equipment during World War II (PHOTOS)
This Soviet general escaped from German captivity… TWICE!
Why was the French kiss known as a 'Tatar kiss' in Old Russia? (VIDEO)
6 facts about the ‘Krasny Kabachok’, an inn frequented by tsars & poets (PICS)
How Soviet TEENAGERS defended an entire village from the Nazis during World War II
How ‘matchmakers’ became the main marriage broker in merchant Russia
Is it true that Hitler's remains are kept… in Russia?
How an Italian model became the wife of a Russian artist (PHOTOS)
Which Russian rulers were fascinated by the… supernatural?
What happened to the White officers who defected to the Soviets during the Russian Civil War?
Mikhail Koshkin: Creator of the best Soviet tank in World War II
The first women heroes of the Soviet Union (PHOTOS)
How ancient medicine saved Leningrad during World War II (VIDEO)
How Soviet propaganda portrayed Western capitalists (POSTERS)
This man was used as a body double to paint portraits of Lenin!
Who were Stalin's wives and what happened to them? (VIDEO)
How the Serbs helped the Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War
How Russian scientist Ivan Michurin changed the laws of nature
How writer Leo Tolstoy once fought as an officer
How did Russia say goodbye to Peter the Great? (VIDEO)
How Soviet propaganda portrayed Hitler (POSTERS)
Leo Tolstoy & his love for… sports! (PHOTOS)
What was the ‘Sorrow Commission’ & how did it come to be in Russia?
Where did the expression “The Thin Red Line” come from?
How were PINEAPPLES grown in 18th-century Russia?
How Marshal Konev fought in the World War I & the Russian Civil War
How French writer Alexandre Dumas discovered Russian cuisine
Who were the ‘druzhinniki’ & how did they appear in the USSR?
The Nazis released this Soviet general on his word not to fight against them
Why were chimney sweeps both feared & valued in Tsarist Russia?
Why were peasant weddings in Russia truly MAGICAL?
Did the last tsar's daughter Anastasia actually SURVIVE? (VIDEO)
The largest helicopter in the world! (VIDEO)
How did Peter the Great, the first Russian emperor, die?
Why did Russians riot because of… potatoes? (VIDEO)
How Moscow was nearly renamed in honor of Stalin!
Why was Soviet leader Gorbachev awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Why did Napoleon reward this Russian soldier?
5 facts about the ‘Slavic Bazaar’ – Moscow's FIRST restaurant (PHOTOS)
How Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky fought in World War I & the Russian Civil War
The best Soviet armored train (VIDEO)
Why is this Russian non-commissioned officer sticking his tongue out?
Why was cotton called ‘white gold’ in the USSR? (PICS)
What was happening in Moscow during the Roman Empire?
A REAL Romanov crown at a beauty pageant? (VIDEO)
How Prokudin-Gorsky took COLOR photos more than 100 years ago (VIDEO)
How Marshal Georgy Zhukov fought in World War I & the Russian Civil War
Why was water carrying an important profession in Tsarist Russia?
6 Polish generals who gave their lives for Russia (PICS)
How Albania seized 4 SUBMARINES from the USSR
Why did Winston Churchill watch this Soviet movie TWICE?
What's going on in Vladimir Makovsky's painting ‘Two Mothers’?
How Leo Tolstoy literally changed the world
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