Russia

Series of major European and global conflicts from 1803 to 1815 arising from the rivalry between Napoleonic France and successive coalitions, fundamentally reshaping Europe's political order.

Major European theater of World War II fought chiefly between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union from the 1941 invasion until 1945.

Global geopolitical rivalry and ideological competition centered on the United States and Soviet Union from the postwar era to the breakup of the USSR.

Phase of medieval European demographic, institutional and commercial expansion, including crusading movements and growing monarchies.

Global armed conflict from 1939 to 1945, including war in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, mass civilian suffering and major geopolitical change.

The extended struggle for Stalingrad, conventionally dated 17 July 1942–2 February 1943, ending in the defeat of German-led Axis forces and constituting a turning point on the Eastern Front.

Alexander Nevsky's forces fought the Teutonic-led army on Lake Peipus; film staging is highly dramatized.

Soviet security forces murdered Polish prisoners and detainees in mass executions during spring 1940.

The 18 June 1815 battle at which British-led and Prussian allied forces defeated Napoleon, ending the Hundred Days and decisively changing the course of the Napoleonic Wars.

Stalin's death created a Soviet power struggle and opened a new phase of leadership change.

City in western Ukraine.

Geographical region of Russia comprising North Asia.

Former imperial capital of Russia and a principal setting of Anna Karenina.

The national setting for Rogers’s television career, public-education work, and cultural influence.