historian

Russia must take down its Lenin statues – top historian

Nikolay Svanidze, a historian and journalist known for his TV documentaries about Russian history, told news site Ura.ru that he…

2 years ago

Nazi-saluting historian with far-right ties resigns as regional director of Polish institute tasked with probing Holocaust crimes

Tomasz Greniuch, a historian by training, has resigned his position as regional director of Poland’s influential Institute of National Remembrance…

3 years ago

‘Is NATO gone already?’ British popular historian mocked after bemoaning Brexit as ‘tragedy’ somehow damaging post-WW2 security

Snow took to Twitter late on Friday, posting a rather doomsday rant about the UK leaving the European bloc.“75yrs ago,…

3 years ago

Infamous St Petersburg historian who shot & dismembered young lover gets over 12 years in jail

The chilling murder story, which made headlines in Russia last November, began with rescuers getting a call about an elderly…

3 years ago

CNN analyst & historian says Trump’s election claims ‘rock bottom’ of US history, deletes ‘poorly worded’ tweet after backlash

“As a political historian, I’ve studied a lot of bad things from our past. This moment is really rock bottom,”…

3 years ago

Anything goes to spite GOP? Popular British historian draws fire by cheering on hurricanes about to batter ‘Trump voting states’

Tropical Storms Laura and Marco are moving through the Gulf of Mexico towards Texas and Louisiana and are projected to…

4 years ago

Historian Sokolov charged

Charged on two counts, but the verdict was covered in mystery... It's hard to live in a world where lawyers…

4 years ago

Uniqlo was removed in the new advertising will take a Great dancer, blogger, art historian, and other prominent Muscovites

Heroes shooting are not a model or a media personality, a brand is chosen close to the spirit of the…

7 years ago

Historian Nikolai Svanidze has proposed to bury Lenin

According to Svanidze, the centenary of the October revolution of 1917 is a good reason to bury the "leader of…

7 years ago