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Boris Egorov
Top 30 Russian villains in Hollywood blockbusters (PHOTOS)
How a close associate of Nicholas II's family became a Soviet comedic actor
How the USSR tried to build a subterrene
What was going on in Russia during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris?
How a simple thief became a famous Moscow detective
What was going on in Russia when the Aztec Empire fell?
3 women who DISGUISED themselves as men during the war (PICS + PHOTOS)
Did Russians participate in… the Crusades?
Who was the most famous Soviet cartoonist? (POSTERS)
The worst tragedy in the Soviet Navy since World War II
What was going on in Russia during the First Crusade?
Who were the state peasants in the Russian Empire?
Why is the balaclava headgear named after a Russian city?
How did Soviet leaders celebrate the New Year?
What did the Decembrists hope to achieve by rebelling against the tsar?
Why did Peter the Great want to befriend Madagascar pirates?
What was going on in Russia during the reign of Charlemagne & the Frankish Empire?
In Summer 1945, the Nazis planned to use nuclear weapons against the USSR
Why did Napoleon appear on Soviet posters? (PICS)
What was going on in Russia during the fall of Constantinople in 1453?
3 Nazi criminals who lived in the USSR after World War II
Boris Rossinsky: ‘The Grandfather of Russian aviation’
Is it true that the descendants of the Byzantine emperor served Russia?
How a Soviet cartoonist drew Hitler from real life!
How 3 Soviet cavalrymen captured a German convoy of 30 vehicles
How Russia & Spain fought for two years… without battles or losses!
Did you know that the USSR had a military base in Italy?
How did Russian troops end up… in Holland?
Why did the Nazis claim that the Russians were firing ‘barns’ during World War II?
How an enemy of the Bolsheviks became a renowned Soviet oceanographer
Is it true that German prisoners of war built luxury housing in the USSR after WWII?
5 most impressive World War II museums in Russia (PHOTOS)
How a 17yo teenager became one of the BEST snipers of World War II
How Soviet partisans fought against the Nazis in… Belgium!
6 Soviet marshals stripped of their rank (PHOTOS)
Who besides the French participated in Napoleon's invasion of Russia?
Why was German Willem Mons beheaded in Russia?
3 tsarist generals who joined the Bolsheviks
What is the oldest city in Russia? (PHOTOS)
How a fake Russian emperor became ruler of… Montenegro
How the Nazis called Soviet military equipment during World War II (PHOTOS)
This Soviet general escaped from German captivity… TWICE!
How Soviet TEENAGERS defended an entire village from the Nazis during World War II
Is it true that Hitler's remains are kept… in Russia?
7 most BEAUTIFUL Catholic & Protestant churches in Russia (PHOTOS)
Which Russian rulers were fascinated by the… supernatural?
What happened to the White officers who defected to the Soviets during the Russian Civil War?
Mikhail Koshkin: Creator of the best Soviet tank in World War II
How Soviet propaganda portrayed Western capitalists (POSTERS)
This man was used as a body double to paint portraits of Lenin!
How the Serbs helped the Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War
How writer Leo Tolstoy once fought as an officer
What was the ‘Sorrow Commission’ & how did it come to be in Russia?
Where did the expression “The Thin Red Line” come from?
How Marshal Konev fought in the World War I & the Russian Civil War
The Nazis released this Soviet general on his word not to fight against them
How did Peter the Great, the first Russian emperor, die?
How Moscow was nearly renamed in honor of Stalin!
Why did Napoleon reward this Russian soldier?
How Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky fought in World War I & the Russian Civil War
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