The Decembrists were Russia’s first revolutionaries, challenging autocracy in the early 19th century. This series explores ...
It may come as a surprise in the capitals of liberal democracies in the West — not to speak of blue urban America — that ...
By analyzing sulfur and volcanic ash entrained in ice cores, researchers pinpointed a caldera in the remote Kuril Islands as ...
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky's gambling addiction took him to these three German spa towns, which then inspired him to ...
Intrigued by Walker’s suggestion, Seward — who was negotiating with Copenhagen to purchase the Danish West Indies — asked ...
From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year ...
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A trained pharmaceutical chemist, Lilly was an archetype of the dynamic and multi-talented 19th century American industrialist ... Bayer also had its Russian subsidiary seized during the Russian ...