The Louvre Museum recently acquired a 19th century triptych created by the House of Fabergé and presented as a gift to Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra for the birth of their first ...

Czar Peter the Great of Russia casts a long shadow over history. A giant of a man, with appetites for learning and adventure to match, he did more to modernize his country than pretty much any other ...

Popular history credits Russian Czar Nicholas I with describing 19th-century Ottoman Turkey as "The Sick Man of Europe." British envoy Sir George Hamilton's full quote lacks the headline's memorable ...

A czar, by definition, is a term often used informally to describe a person who holds significant power or authority, particularly in a specific area or policy field. So what’s my problem with the ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - A century after the October Revolution that ended his family's three-century reign of Russia, Hans Georg Yourievsky believes the country needs a tough leader. But -- for now at ...