The Trans-Siberian Railway
The world's longest railway was completed on 21 July 1904.
Russia
The Crimean War
The events leading up to Britain and France's declarations of war on Russia on successive days on 27 and 28 March 1854.
Japan’s Attack on Port Arthur
The Battle of Port Arthur began on February 8th, 1904.
The Emancipation of the Russian Serfs, 1861
Michael Lynch takes a fresh look at the key reform of 19th-century Russia – the end of Serfdom.
On the Banks of the Neva: British Merchants in St Petersburg before the Russian Revolution
In the final article in our series on Britain and Russia, Stuart Thompstone visits the long-lasting community of Britons in the Russian capital.
British Sports in Imperial Russia
Anthony Cross describes the introduction of British games to Russia.
Our Friends from the East: Russian Revolutionaries and British Radicals, 1852-1917
John Slatter celebrates the far-ranging contributions of Russian political émigrés to British life in the half-century before 1917.
Propaganda and the First Cold War in North Russia, 1918-19
Antony Lockley examines the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and the propaganda battle between the Bolshevik and British forces on the Archangel front.
Britain and Russia: 450 Years of Contact
Paul Dukes looks at the ups and downs of the relationship between the land of the lions and that of the double-headed eagle.
Foundation of St Petersburg
The great Russian city was established on May 27th, 1703.