The Road to Paris: Origins of the Peace Congress The Paris Peace Congress, convened on February 25, 1856, marked the […]
The Origins of the Crimean Conflict The Crimean War (1853–1856) emerged from long-standing tensions between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, […]
The Passing of an Autocrat On March 2, 1855, news of Tsar Nicholas I’s death reached Paris and London. Queen […]
The Onset of Winter and the Storm of November 1854 The Crimean War, fought between 1853 and 1856, saw the […]
The Strategic Jewel of the Black Sea In November 1854, as Leo Tolstoy entered the besieged city of Sevastopol, he […]
The Gathering Storm: Allied Forces Prepare for Invasion In the autumn of 1854, the Black Sea bore witness to an […]
A Restless Aristocrat Turns Soldier In March 1854, a young artillery officer arrived at the headquarters of General Mikhail Gorchakov. […]
The Road to Conflict: Tensions Between Empires The mid-19th century was a period of escalating tensions between the Ottoman Empire […]
The Dawn of Industrial Triumph: London’s Great Exhibition of 1851 On May 1, 1851, the Great Exhibition opened in London’s […]
A Monarch in Disguise: The Covert Arrival of the Russian Tsar On the evening of June 1, 1844, a Dutch […]
The Grand Ceremony of 1849 On July 13, 1849, under the scorching midday sun of Constantinople, Sultan Abdülmecid I rode […]
The Spark of Revolution: A Historian’s Final Journey On the cold morning of February 20, 2014, Bohdan Solchanyk stepped off […]
The Fall of an Empire: Gorbachev’s Resignation and the Birth of the CIS The resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev on December […]
The Twilight of the Brezhnev Era On November 15, 1982, citizens across the Soviet Union gathered around their television screens […]
A Seat at the Table Among Ruins When Ukraine became a founding member of the United Nations in April 1945 […]
The Fall and Rise of a Ukrainian Capital On November 6, 1943, Soviet forces recaptured Kiev from retreating German troops. […]
The Rise of Stalin’s Absolute Power On December 21, 1929, the Soviet Union celebrated Joseph Stalin’s 50th birthday with unprecedented […]
A Nation Divided: Ukraine’s Post-WWI Territorial Fragmentation In the turbulent interwar period between 1918 and 1939, Ukraine emerged as Europe’s […]
A Winter Day in Kyiv: The Promise of Unity On January 22, 1919, Kyiv awoke to a crisp, frosty morning—a […]
The Gathering Storm: Industrialization and Discontent On a frigid Sunday morning in January 1905, nearly 20,000 workers and their families […]
The Welsh Expedition That Changed Ukraine’s Future In 1870, Welsh entrepreneur John James Hughes embarked on an ambitious journey that […]
Two Empires, One Awakening The year 1848 marked a pivotal moment in European history as revolutionary fervor swept across the […]
