Despite the Russian Empire’s massive population, large military and nearly unlimited resources, all of that stuff was in Europe and the railroad to the Pacific wasn’t finished yet.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The concept of a circular battleship actually wasn’t entirely Russian. The concept had first been considered by a Scottish shipbuilder named John Elder, which ...

The Russo-Japanese conflict of 1904-05 was anticipated to be a "short, successful war" for Russia against an inferior opponent. Instead, it became a rout of St. Petersburg's forces in the Far East ...

On August 1, 1914 the German Empire declared war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I, one of the biggest and deadliest conflicts in human history. Russian Empire's participation in ...

The WWI Battleships That Saved (And Doomed) the British Empire World War I was shaped by the new vehicles developed during the four years of conflict.

The spectacular posters that tsarist Russia used to drum up support for its war effort.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The concept of a circular battleship actually wasn’t entirely Russian. While Czar Peter the Great of Russia sought to “westernize” his nation, and this ...