Moxel - Muscovy - Russia

Per Wikipedia, the Battle of Shelon was a battle between the forces of the Duchy of Moscow under Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and the...

“The bloody mire of the Mongolian slavery, not the rude glory of the Norman epoch, forms the cradle of Muscovy, and modern Russia is...

The painting of Aleksander Orlowski portrays the massacre that the troops of Russian General Suvorov committed in one of the suburbs of the Polish...

After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles limited the German Army number to 100 thousand men and forbade Germany from producing or purchasing...

In 2022, the civilized world shuddered with horror at the images of executed civilians in the city of Bucha. Then there was the bombed...

Discourse at the Opening of the Legislative Body. Palais des Tuileries, Feb. 14, 1813. "I entered Russia. The French armies were constantly victorious on the...

"On December 23, 1791, Catherine II (“the Great”), the empress of Russia, authorized the creation of the Pale of Settlement, an area in the...

Philip II of Moscow (1507 - 1569) Russian Orthodox monk, who became Metropolitan of Moscow during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. He was one of a few Metropolitans who dared openly to contradict royal authority, and it is widely believed that the Tsar had him murdered on that account.

Per Wikipedia, Veche was a popular assembly during the Middle Ages. The veche is mentioned during the times of Kyiv Rus and it later became a powerful institution in Russian cities...

"Their voices are hollow, primitive. The women have Chuvash and Mordvinian faces; and the men have criminal features that make them look like a...