In historical context mainly after WWI and before WWII russia used its selection of allies to see which would be most beneficial to containing the socialist revolution within. For this reason they...
There have been many czars in Russia so I'm afraid you'll need to be a bit more specific. Czar is what Russians call their emperor-esque rulers because it is the Russian translation of "Ceasar". Most...
Part of Kiev-Rus that later became Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. When Russians try to explain this to westerners they usually compare it to the empire of the Franks (Francia/Frankia) that subsequently...