Kyiv,” at the Ukrainian Museum, the revolutionary artist—a star of the avant-garde while the Soviet Union still permitted one—is Volodymyr, not Vladimir.

Catherine II, or Catherine the Great , (ruled 1762 Ü1769) brought European neoclassical art and architecture ... 1894. The Russian Empire at the turn of the century was huge.

From 1741 until Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867, the Russian empire claimed territory and peoples in North America. In this book, Ilya Vinkovetsky examines how Russia governed its only ...