History

Formed in 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a one-party state, governed and ruled by the Communist Party. A new TV documentary series, The Soviet Union: 100th Anniversary 2022, explores the country that Winston Churchill famously referred to as: ‘A riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’

Heroes are often associated with bravery and virtue. Those in ancient Greek and Roman history are among the biggest names in heroism.

A little liberté, égalité, and fraternité in honor of Bastille Day on July 14. A few oddities to remind you that the French Revolution was ridiculously awesome.

There's a lot to learn about Ancient Egypt - pharaohs, the Nile, Cleopatra, Napoleon. And it's not all Ancient history either! Check out this Timeline of Egypt from Deliberate Travel Kids to cover the whole history of Egypt, not just Ancient Egypt and Egyptology. NB. The Arab Spring was in 2010/11 not 2015

Flashbacks allow the writer to give the reader a glimpse in your ancestor's world before the story.

The teenage queen was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, "Let them eat cake")

Online British Newspapers are an incredibly useful resource for genealogy and history research. The largest collection of online British Newspapers is the British Newspaper Archive with over 700 historical titles and 20 million pages.

In just about a month, students around the world (or at least the northern hemisphere) will be asking their social studies teachers, “why do we have to study history?” Of course there a…

Hulu's "The Great" offers an irreverent, ahistorical take on the Russian empress' life. This is the real history behind the period comedy

A blast from the past! Since time machines have not yet been invented, our only way to peer back in time, at people and events in the distant past and the not-so-distant past, is to look at photographs that were taken at the time.