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

Russians like to count how many years they have left to live when they hear a cuckoo in the forest. One of the last songs by the legendary ...

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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 ...

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

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

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

In fact, it is only part of the expression “с миру по нитке – голому рубаха” (“s miru po nitke – golomu rubaha”) or “from the world on a thread – a shirt ...

It’s always been popular in the world to give nicknames to rulers that stood out. Russia is no exception! Pavel Kuzmichev, Третьяковская галерея; Валентин Шияновский/Sputnik; Legion Media Some of the ...