This BBC adaptation fully understands the source material of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel and delivers on fantastic performances.

BBC iPlayer is now streaming a drama deemed many people's "all-time favourite". It's based on a book that fans admire equally ...

BBC iPlayer is currently showing a favourite drama that's been inspired by an "epic book". Viewers say it's so "beautiful", ...

French Emperor Napoleon I retreats from Moscow after his disastrous invasion of Russia. Though it has long been said that “General Winter” defeated the French, the failure of Napoleon’s invasion of ...

Throughout history, several battles have ended without a decisive victor, leaving historians and enthusiasts alike puzzled. These encounters, often steeped in paradox, challenge the traditional ...

The War of 1812 is an often overlooked war in comparison to other conflicts in American history, but it was still an important one with numerous causes. The war, fought between the United States and ...

Somehow, over the past half-century and with hardly anyone noticing, the 19th century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has become as integral to the Fourth of July as George Washington and ...

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and by September Napoleon's army had marched 470 miles into the depths of Russia ...

SMOLENSK, 28 May (BelTA) - Head of Belarus President Administration Dmitry Krutoi took part in a flower ceremony at the Eternal Flame in the Memory of Heroes Square in Smolensk during his working trip ...