The treasures of Troy were shown there and one of the floors of the museum is still decorated with copies of high reliefs of ...

Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov – are widely known not only in Russia, but also abroad. Their ...

The battle for the Soviet capital became one of the key ones during the war. Check out what Moscow looked like during that ...

Together with the Red Army, the 1st Polish Army stormed Berlin in the Spring of 1945. The Poles made up a tenth of all the ...

One of the most famous Russian plays ever is still performed on stages worldwide. What’s the secret of success behind it? And ...

Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote a poem about it, including the following line: “Every proletarian should see the Planetarium!” The ...

This city is known as the capital of Siberia. It is also the easternmost city in Russia with a population of over a million. Here are three of ...

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Jose Antonio Hernandez-Blanco has been living in the southern taiga for almost 30 years and knows the Russian forest like the ...

However, in the late 1920s, Tolstoy returned to Soviet Russia, finding it very progressive and with perspective. And he ended ...

Tangerines from Morocco, processed cheese from Finland, canned vegetables from Hungary and Bulgaria – Soviet housewives knew ...

When Russians eat in Soviet-style 'stolovka' cafes and office canteens, this dish surely is among the most popular ones. Also ...