At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky developed a complex process for vivid, detailed color photography (see box text below). His vision of ...
As German tanks raced toward Moscow, a newly arrived Siberian division dug in on the historic fields of Borodino. Supported by T-34s and KV-1s, they clashed with elite Panzer forces in a week of ...
Borodino, where the Russian and French armies clashed on Sept. 7, 1812, is known throughout the world through the incomparable description of the battle in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. In Russia, ...