Pavlichenko attained a final kill tally of 309, making her one of the top five deadliest snipers, period. M arch is Women’s ...

Kyiv,” at the Ukrainian Museum, the revolutionary artist—a star of the avant-garde while the Soviet Union still permitted one ...

When the riots broke out, Nicholas instructed the city commandant to take firm measures and sent troops to restore order. It ...

In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins on March 8, 1917 ...

On March 8, 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the ...

Petrograd city governor AP Balk noted in his diary that among ... After the Russian Revolution, the Soviet Union formally ...

The world celebrates International Women’s Day each year on March 8. But did you know that the celebration has a strong Russian link dating back to 1917?

International Working Women’s Day was never meant to be a celebration of women’s achievements within capitalism—it was a call to revolution. Its origins lie in the struggles of communist and socialist ...

1 / 5 | This event, was started by a massive women-led protest on March 8, 1917, in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), Russia, and eventually led to the abdication of the Tsar, being later ...

March 8 might just be any other day, but growing up in an immigrant household, I was raised to associate the day with a kitchen full of flowers and a feast. Every International Women’s Day, it was ...

1917 – Women in Petrograd, Russia, took to the streets demanding “Bread and Peace.” Their protests contributed to the Russian Revolution, leading to the adoption of March 8 as IWD.