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

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

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

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Shchi can be cooked either with sauerkraut - than it's called 'sour' shchi. Or with fresh cabbage. One can make shchi using ...

During World War I, Maria Kexholmskaya served as a nurse and the soldiers dubbed her “the saint of the saints” for her ...

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

The 18-year-old medical student will represent Russia at the Miss Universe 2024 contest in Mexico City in November.

This is probably the most famous Russian composer known around the world. And maybe even one of the most famous composers… ...

Architectural historian and photographer William Brumfield unravels the 500-year history of the Novodevichy Convent and its ...

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

Education for Soviet high school students was fee-based for some time and a unified uniform appeared only after the Great ...