Nature has no bad weather, especially if you can observe its whims without going outside. So, we put together a new listicle ...

Great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov didn’t succeed much in love… and here’s one of the more peculiar stories about one of ...

In the pantheon of Russian literature, the writer who tragically died young is sure to stand somewhere next to Pushkin, whom ...

This small city in the Republic of Tatarstan is known for its well-preserved historical center and is extremely popular among ...

The 1st Separate Czechoslovak Battalion was the first foreign formation in the Red Army during World War II. Six of its ...

In reality, this futuristic computer was the Soviet ‘Sphinx’ station, developed in 1986. Not just a computer, but a whole ...

Fall was harvest time for peasants. Check out some of the paintings Russian artists dedicated to preparation for winter.

Golden leaves in the parks, foggy morning embankments of the Moskva River and cozy evening streets – see how the fall season ...

Jessica Mroz first came to Russia in 1994 for three weeks. Then, she came back for another year. Then another… And, wherever ...

Young Soviet scientists would often go to construction sites to avoid waiting in line for housing. This is how the first ...

Alina was born in Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria) and started mountaineering in 2017. It took her only 18 months to reach the ...

Euphrosinia Kersnovskaya spent almost 20 years in Gulag camps and in exile. She not only left memoirs by regularly writing ...