On a night in 1916, Russian aristocrats set a plot of assassination into motion. If all went as planned, a man would be dead by morning, though others had already tried and failed. The monarchy was on the brink of collapse, and they...

MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s and 1980s that were scoffed at then but are...

Gay people in Africa are facing increased persecution in a continent where two thirds of countries retain laws against homosexuals. Multi-award winning black African filmmaker Sorious Samura investigates what it is like to be a gay...

Howcast - Learn parries and blocks from kickboxing champion Phil Nurse in this Howcast UFC training video.

Howcast - Learn how to use your knees to strike from kickboxing champion Phil Nurse in this Howcast UFC training video.

Nicholas Thornton is a 28-year-old person with learning disabilities and autism, who for the last 10 years has been in-and-out of institutions unable to accommodate his needs. The Independent'sRebecca Thomas has spoken with Nicholas and...

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In 1994, Nicholas Barclay vanished from his neighborhood in San Antonio. Three years later, he was found in Spain, having allegedly escaped from a military child sex ring. When he returned home to Texas, he appeared physically different...

Despite the failure of his daring rescue mission, Kolchak gained national fame and received the prestigious Konstantin Medal from the Imperial Geographical Society, earning him the nickname "Kolchak-Poliarnyi" (Polar Kolchak). Shortly...

Explore the history of Paris's guinguettes, lively spots just outside the city where Parisians gathered to enjoy untaxed wine and escape the city's strict regulations. Discover how these establishments flourished alongside the local...

Russian Tsars Family Tree | Ivan the Terrible to Nicholas II

10 More facts about the First World War, released just in time for the 100th anniversary of its end!

The case of the murdered monarchies continues! Russia is far and away the most famous monarchy to crumble to dust, and boy did it ever. When Nicholas II became Tsar, he told his brother-in-law, and I quote “I am not yet ready to be Tsar....

Watch the animated video discussing a short history of Santa Claus for Kids!

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was Czar Nicholas II's youngest daughter and a member of the Russian Imperial Romanov family. The family was placed under house arrest during the Bolshevik Revolution, and Anastasia was...

One hundred years ago today Russia's royal family was murdered by the country's Marxist revolutionaries. Vladimir Putin has positioned himself a new kind of tsar, but what does this anniversary mean for the president?

Christine Grounds and Jonathan Mir's son, Nicholas, has microcephaly. Christine says that if she had known that Nicholas had the condition before he was born nine years ago, she would have terminated the pregnancy.

On July 17, 1918, the House of Romanov came to an end when Nicholas II - the former tsar of imperial Russia - was gunned down alongside his wife and children in a surprise execution. The slaying of the Romanov family remains a gruesome...

Kids will enjoy continuing their German lessons with German for Kids. It takes your child on an unforgettable learning journey with Sebastian and his cuddly dog, “Schultz”. Along the way, your child will learn words and phrases related...

Old Saint Nicholas Had a Tree song with lyrics | Christmas song for kids with lyrics Old St. Nicholas had a tree, Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! And on this tree he had some lights, Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! With a twinkle, twinkle here, And a twinkle,...

Grigori Rasputin is one of the most notorious names in Russian history - and his piercing eyes, creepy gaze, greasy hair, and bushy beard only add to the mystique surrounding him. The Mad Monk, as he has been called, was a figure of both...

The figure of Saint Nicholas - but not the one we know from Christmas decorations. Nicholas of Bari is a saint of both a Catholic and an Orthodox church. He was born not in Lapland, but in the territory of today's Turkey.

The history and origins of Santa Claus

Russia's long and dramatic history is explored through animated maps and timelines. Part 4 describes the 'Decembrist Revolt' againt Emperor Nicholas I, Russian defeat in the Crimean War and the reforms of Alexander II 'the Liberator'....