On September 10, 1721, the peace treaty that ended the Great Northern War was signed in the Finnish city of Nystad, which for two decades pitted the Russian Tsardom against the Swedish Empire.

The Russian Empire wasn’t built in a day - but it nearly collapsed in one. A long line of tsars ruled with iron fists and divine right. But revolutionaries were waiting in the shadows, hungry ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire and won't back down in Ukraine, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview with "Face the ...