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1 day ago · A comprehensive biography of the Russian author and Soviet dissident who exposed the Gulag system and won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Learn about his life, works, faith, exile, and legacy.
4 days ago · Learn about the life and death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian FSB officer who defected to the UK and became a critic of Putin. He was poisoned with polonium-210 in 2006 and the UK inquiry blamed Russia for his murder.
2 days ago · Alexander II was the emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881, known for emancipating the serfs and pursuing a pacifist foreign policy. He was assassinated by a revolutionary group in 1881, and his son Alexander III succeeded him.
Russia - From Alexander II to Nicholas II: Defeat in Crimea made Russia’s lack of modernization clear, and the first step toward modernization was the abolition of serfdom. It seemed to the new tsar, Alexander II (reigned 1855–81), that the dangers to public order of dismantling the existing system, which had deterred Nicholas I from action, were less than the dangers of leaving things as ...
5 days ago · Learn about the life and achievements of Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature and a master of various genres. Explore his early years, his exile in the south, his political poems, and his famous works such as Eugene Onegin and The Bronze Horseman.
Boris Johnson, British Conservative Party politician who became prime minister of the United Kingdom in July 2019. He was mayor of London (2008–16) and foreign secretary under Prime Minister Theresa May (2016–18). He led the successful ‘Leave’ campaign in the 2016 referendum on whether the U.K. should remain in the EU.
Alexandra Petri is a Washington Post columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day. Petri is the author of "A.P.'s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)" and ...
