Catherine the Great: individual empress, mother of the Russian Renaissance, and the longest-ruling female monarch of Russia.

Nokia Bell Labs celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025, marking a century of groundbreaking innovations such as the transistor, solar cell, and ...

There are still overt religious themes and visuals here, but instead of striking down giant bosses, The Stone of Madness is all about quietly finding a way out of the 18th-century Spanish ...

It was Poland that was the aggressor into Russian lands during the late Middle Ages, but the tables turned, and by the end of the 18th century, Poland was conquered and partitioned by the great ...

This place was very high on our list and we where finally able to get to it and explore it. It was not huge but it was definetly worth the drive. I was totaly stunned when i saw the place .

Centuries ago, foreign travelers marveled at Poland's hearty feasts, legendary hospitality, and spirited love for beer and vodka – often followed by brawls and scar-filled duels! While the roads were ...

WILCZYCA (aka: THE WOLF, aka: SHE WOLF) is a fantastic tale of witchcraft and lycanthropy, set in 18th Century Poland during the time of the Hussars, although the use of daguerreotype suggests the mid ...

Provides an overview of Poland, including key events and facts about this central European country. Sir Keir, who is in Poland for defence and security talks, said "nothing" could have prepared ...

The 18th Battalion was raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as part of the 5th Brigade. It left Australia in early May, trained in Egypt from mid-June until mid-August, and on 22 ...

It has been centuries since Poland was last a great armed power, but the winged hussars are back. When Russia seized Crimea in 2014, Poland’s armed forces were the ninth-biggest in NATO.

This is not what an opponent of Europe would say," Tusk said. Poland spends the most among NATO members as a proportion of its GDP at a NATO-estimated 4.1% in 2024, while eight of the military and ...

Andrzej Duda is the president of Poland, an increasingly important economic and geopolitical force in Europe. Duda joins Washington Post columnist David Ignatius to discuss the war in Ukraine ...