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The occasion is the first state visit by a Russian leader since 1874 when Tsar Alexander II came to Britain.

Who will tell the emperor he’s buck naked ... war — leading to one of the worst market massacres since World War II — his closest confidants and aides have been unwilling to call him ...

IWO JIMA, Japan — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese ...

This landmark is the main feature of Senate Square, where elegant architecture and a statue of Tsar Alexander II recall St Petersburg. As Maria explains, it all dates from when the Russian empire ...

Tsar Alexander II of Russia. All such little British gems are now discarded like a crumb of that cake. I’m thinking of the likes of the visiting GP; he with his doctor’s bag and stethoscope who ...

Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s “The Cartoonists Club” and Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander ... of the Center for Cartoon Studies and the author ...

On March 30th, 1867, the American Secretary of State, William H. Seward, signed a treaty with the Russian Minister, Baron Edouard de Stoeckl, to conclude what was perhaps the shrewdest purchase in ...

the brother of Russian Tsar (emperor) Alexander II. As the eldest child in the family and the grandson of Nicholas I, he was destined for a distinguished life. In 1868, driven by his own ambition, he ...

So how much did the U.S. pay the Russian Empire for Alaska? And why did Tsar Alexander II sell it? Russian sailors first reached Alaska in the early 18th century. These lands quickly became a cash cow ...

These facilities are a central pillar in our northern and western defenses. Tsar Alexander II of Russia, having suffered a catastrophic defeat in the Crimean War and being low on cash, was looking ...

Explore art works, paint-smeared palettes, scribbled letters and more... Artists and architects have run the RA for 250 years. Our Collection is a record of them.