The Russian Revolution happened over 100 years ago, at the tail end of World War I. After centuries of being ruled by a sprawling empire governed by the Romanov family, combined with the devastating ...

Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is widely considered one of the greatest directors in history. Back in 1962, he released Ivan's Childhood, his directorial debut in the Soviet Union, about World War ...

World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. The war would continue to rage in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania for six years, coming to an end in 1945.