The Russian president has continued to try and strengthen ties with the U.S. after President Donald Trump returned to office ...

The Thousandth Year of the Russian Empire. Share full article. Jan. 16, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 16, 1862, Page 6 Buy Reprints.

The Russian empire, otherwise known as Imperial Russia, was the final period of the Russian monarchy lasting from 1721 until its dissolution in 1917.

The last Russian Empire was undone by the weakness of its economy, and this one will be as well if Putin continues his aggression in Ukraine, writes Matthew Lynn.

Mikhail Zygar, a Russian author and the founding editor of an independent television station called TV Rain, has written a book, The Empire Must Die, that, among other things, tells the story of ...

Stiff-arming Russia at every turn, Ukraine emerged as the biggest hurdle to the Kremlin’s efforts to reconsolidate its empire and undo the independence movements of the early 1990s.

During the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774, Crimea was probably Russia’s main goal. By 1771, Crimean Tatars refused to fight for Turkey, and the Ottoman leaders didn’t have enough military ...

Anton Bakov says he needs just a few square miles of land to restore the Russian Empire. The millionaire businessman’s search for a place to revive the Romanov dynasty that ruled Russia for 300 ...