Tajikistan said Wednesday it would publish a new book updating the country's dress "guidelines" for women, tightening the secular state's policing of women's clothing. Authorities in the ...

Svitlana Bevza fled the war in Ukraine with her children – and was surprised to learn that Londoners love wellies and ivory-coloured coats ...

Tajikistan said Wednesday it would publish a new book updating the country's dress "guidelines" for women, tightening the ...

Following Russia's ban from competing in Eurovision in 2022 after the country's invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has ordered the return of Intervision, a Soviet-era singing ...

Bishop Bubnevych was born in Perechyn, Ukraine, what was then part of the Union Soviet of Socialist Republics (USSR). He was secretly baptized by a Byzantine Catholic priest and later entered ...

The Roman empire banned pants because they were seen to be a symbol of barbarism with many conquered tribes having worn them. Credit: failing_angel. CC BY 2.0/flickr Togas and tunics were the fashion ...

The restaurant, located on the roof, pays homage to Almaty's historic "Broadway" district, a hub of parks, squares, and landmarks from the city's Soviet-era golden age. The goal, Khan explains ...

Mr. Schmemann, a member of the editorial board, is a former Moscow bureau chief for The Times. It was March 1994, more than two years after the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the debates within ...

Most of the victims were Jews killed on an industrial scale in gas chambers, but also Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, gay people and others who were targeted for elimination in the Nazi ...

Most of the victims were Jews killed on an industrial scale in gas chambers, but also Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, gay people and others who were targeted for elimination in the Nazi ...

The memorial in St Petersburg to 'Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi Genocide' On the edge of St Petersburg stands a dramatic memorial more than 40 metres high. At the very top is the ...