He shared maps showing how large the Mongol Empire was, with it once controlling parts of what is now Russia. "After Putin's ...

He contrasted this with the Russian civilization's roots over a millennium ago. Accompanying Elbegdorj's post were maps of the Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries. One shows the breadth ...

Volodymyr embraced Eastern Orthodox Christianity in 988, establishing the religious tradition still dominant in Ukraine and Russia. Kyivan Rus fell to Mongol invaders in the 13th century ...

MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. Mongolia is ready to cooperate with Russia in the exploration of rare-earth metal deposits, President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh said on Monday in an interview ...

Chechens, an ethnic group originating in Chechnya, in the south-west of Russia, are mostly Muslim. Buryats, a Mongol ethnic group indigenous to Buryatia, in eastern Siberia, traditionally follow ...