Russia

W. Bruce Lincoln finds that, though at first extremely against the visits, Queen Victoria was much impressed by the Russian Emperor’s dignity, civility and grace.

Sir Robert Hodgson recounts his experience of interaction with Bolshevik diplomats.

On March 16, 1921 the first Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement was signed; Sir Robert Hodgson headed Britain’s Commercial Mission to Moscow.

Hugh Fraser looks at one of Russia's more memorable female protestors, Maria Spiridonova.

Roger Hudson looks at an episode that inspired one of the greatest films ever made.

Trade was the impetus for early contacts between Russia and England, though each country had its own view of how the relationship should function. Helen Szamuely examines the first two centuries of Russian embassies to London.

George Charles Henry Victor Paget, the 7th Marquis of Anglesey, shares the stories behind the trip that his ancestor, the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, paid to the Court of Russia with his sons during the summer of 1839.

A study of diplomacy in transition by Nicholas Henderson

J.D. Hargreaves on the turn-of-the-century visit of Russia's Nicholas II to France and its wider diplomatic ramifications.

A.J. Halpern queries the source of Russia's disputed status as a European state.