revolution

Natalya Nosova

What is the puzzling story behind Russia’s national anthem?

Library of Congress; Russia beyond; Public domain

Why Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Alexander Rodchenko/russiainphoto.ru)

How the USSR officially turned away from sex

Russia Beyond (Photo: Moscow Kremlin Museum; The Hermitage Museum)

How the Germans took part in the palace coups of the Romanov dynasty

Legion Media

Why Lenin considered Tolstoy ‘the mirror of the Russian Revolution’

Legion Media

The Russian Revolution was not actually led by Lenin. But by whom then?