T he Russian battleship Oslyabya had a grand legacy. Named for a Russian hero, the vessel was little more than two years old when it went into battle against the Japanese in the Russian Far East.

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 evolved under the Royal Navy’s ...

On a misty morning in April 1904, three battleships led by Russian Admiral Stepan Makarov steamed out to engage Japanese ships that had been prowling near Port Arthur. It was a trap.

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 concept of a circular battleship actually wasn’t entirely Russian. The concept had first been considered by a Scottish shipbuilder named John Elder, which evolved under the Royal Navy’s ...