But even before that, the Russian state existed in a different form, as the Tsardom of Russia was formed under the rule of Ivan the Terrible in 1547. This is not to mention the formation of the ...

As the main Western rival of the Tsardom of Russia (as it was known back then), the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth kept an interested eye on events unfolding in its large neighbor, waiting for the ...

The expansion of Muscovy – a name given to combine the Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263-1547) and the Tsardom of Russia (1547-1721) – to the east and west, culminating in the pronouncement of the ...

Since Ivan the Terrible declared the “Tsardom of Russia” in 1547, its rulers have pursued three major goals to safeguard the nation and advance its interests: territorial expansion; seeking ...

In the 17th century, war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia brought lands to the east of the Dnieper River under Russian imperial control.

Putin gave a fuzzy answer about a Russian governor’s alleged involvement in the severe beating of the journalist Oleg Kashin. He gave another shockingly cynical response to a question about the ...

In this paper, I chart a genealogy of Russian Islamophobia from medieval Tsardom to modern Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. Russia has been long marginalized in global analyses of Islamophobia, and is ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by asserting the existence of a singular “Russian world ... (1251-1795), and the Grand Duchy (later Tsardom) of ...

One hundred years ago, at the height of a cultural about-face in Russia, Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Portugal, predicting and encouraging prayer for Russia's conversion.

Modern Russia is the successor to Ancient Rus’ (also known as Kievan Rus), the Tsardom of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and finally the Soviet Union. Stretching for thousands of kilometers from the ...

All the stages of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union are the integral whole with modern Russia, the head of state noted MOSCOW, June 12. /TASS/. The Russia Day must be ...