Russian literature has always been known for its gigantic 19th century novels, but many of the same authors of those doorstoppers were also masters of the short story. These stories, heartbreaking or ...

On November 9 each year, Russia celebrates the birthday of the famous 19th century novelist. He was born in 1818 and, for ...

Mickiewicz’s Konrad Wallenrod triggered a massive wave of Polish biographies, in which Wallenrod’s ideals of a struggle for ...

It turns out that there were vampires among the 19th century nobility in Russia. Only they had a different name.

Russia’s identity, not its security or the fear of NATO, has historically been the main driver of Moscow’s aggression toward ...

From the perspective of Western states, the history of international politics has been a long series of questions. One was ...

Significant Russian economic growth before the 1760s resulted in catching-up on northwest Europe, but this was followed by a period of negative growth between the 1760s and 1800s and stagnation from ...

Two Belarusian poems from the 19th Century have been declared "extremist ... Martsinkevich's poems relate to a nationalist uprising against the Russian Empire. Authoritarian Belarus leader ...

Taiwan’s president made a genius suggestion a last week. In an interview with a local television station, Lai Ching-te said, ...

Independent Opera's “The Stone Guest” is revelatory, L.A. Opera's "Romeo and Juliet" is exhilarating and Pacific Opera ...

Michael Chemers’, a professor of Performance Play and Design and chair of the department at University of California, Santa Cruz, most recent project adapts The Inspector General, a Russian play by ...

In 2024, Georgia introduced its contentious "transparency on foreign influence" bill - often dubbed the "foreign agents law".