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The Golden Horde was the European appanage of the Mongol Empire (1206-1368 CE). Begun in earnest by Batu Khan in 1227 CE, the territory that would eventually become the Golden Horde came to encompass parts of Central Asia, much of...

Destruction of the Novgorod Veche, oil on canvas by Klavdy Lebedev, 1889. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

The Military Enlightenment of the 18th century was a concerted effort across Europe to engage with the science of war. Embracing rationalism and professionalism, especially in military education, statesmen...

An illustration portraying the Baba Yaga. The image comes from the traditional Russian fairy tale called Vasilisa the Beautiful that discusses the adventures of a young girl who encounters Baba Yaga upon being expelled from her home...

A 1922 painting by Ivan Vladimirov (1870-1947) showing the government requsitioning of grain during the Russian Civil War. This policy and the consequent peasant unrest was one of the reasons the Soviet government...

A trial in times of Rus' Truth (Russkaya Pravda), watercolour by Ivan Bilibin, 1890s.

Domovoi, a Slavic household spirit, illustration by Ivan Bilibin, 1934.

Peter I on his deathbed, oil on canvas by Ivan Nikitich Nikitin. 1725. The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.

Illustration from the Russian folktale The Frog Princess, by Ivan Bilibin, 1899.

Parliament Park, Nassau, Bahamas. In November 1841, the slave ship Creole sailed into port at Nassau following the Creole Mutiny, the most successful slave revolt in US history. Photograph by Ivan Curra, 2014.