This day highlights Darwin's contribution to evolutionary and plant science. In 2015, Darwin's ‘Origin of Species was voted the most influential academic book in history. 12 February - Abraham ...

White's highly readable biography portrays the life of Mikhail Pokrovskii, a Marxist historian, prominent early-­​twentieth-century Russian revolutionary, and close comrade of Lenin and Trotsky.

Grunewald significantly enhances understandings of the fate of Germans captured by the Soviet Union during World War II.

What do the Village People and KISS have in common, apart from elaborate stage costumes? Both acts were allegedly banned from the USSR in the '80s.

Political and ideological barriers can shape the progress of academic disciplines, warns Ivan Boldyrev. In a paper appearing ...

The in-depth story of the Soviet Bio Weapon Anthrax Leak Incident of Sverdlovsk / Yekaterinburg in 1979. Anthrax Leak. ...A Deadly Biological Weapon Unleashed. April 2, 1979. Another chilly spring day ...

“The Lady of the Mine,” by Sergei Lebedev, takes place during Russia’s 2014 invasion. Boris Fishman’s new novel, “The ...

Elżbieta Zawacka risked her life to rid her country of the Nazis. After the war, she was targeted by the Communist ...

More than six years after his death at the age of 28, the life of the Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Avicii is being celebrated in a new documentary, “Avicii- I Am Tim” is now streaming on ...

Addressing the complaint that her writing wasn’t uplifting enough, Flannery O’Connor once quipped, “One old lady who wants ...