The Russian Navy boasts one of the most formidable warships in the world: the nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Velikiy—known in ...

Imperial Boundaries is a study of imperial expansion and local transformation on Russia's Don Steppe frontier during the age of Peter the Great. Brian Boeck connects the rivalry of the Russian and ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has openly compared himself to Peter the Great Vladimir Putin's admiration for Peter the Great is well known but he now seems to have ideas of "Great"-ness himself.

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

The fleet is made up of "the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great), the anti-submarine warship Admiral Chebanenko and other accompanying ships" said Russian Navy ...

The first ever Scottish winner of the Great British Bake Off has described his victory as an "absolute dream". Peter Sawkins, a finance student from Edinburgh, said he planned to continue his ...