Someone who bends his line, not responding to the comments and criticism of others, then it will be said about him: “Васька ...

Oymyakon in Yakutia is the coldest village in Russia, considered the “pole of cold”. In 1933, a temperature of minus 67.7°C ( ...

Catherine II confessed in a letter to the architect Falconet that she "would like to have a project of an antique house, ...

Other top ballets include Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake', Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet’ , 'Spartacus’ by Khachaturian, and ‘Don Quixote’, by Austrian composer Minkus... so, it's not a Russian monopoly!

In Los Angeles, he wrote two scripts, but the studio was not satisfied and then Paramount offered Eisenstein to work on the ...

If you were born in the USSR, you probably remember these dishes. And, if you weren't, you might want to try them! Here's ...

North Ossetia is famous not only for its stunning gorges, waterfalls and lakes, but also for its ancient architecture. Here ...

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You can't always immediately understand what these posters and postcards are advertising. But, it’s impossible to take your eyes off them!

Alexander Kazakov survived the Great War safely, but the Civil War that broke out after it in Russia literally broke him.

The Belgian corps fought on the Eastern Front, until the Bolsheviks took power in the country. However, they did not want to take part in the ...

Reading classic Russian literature in the original language you can find some weird words ending with '-s'. “Извольте-с”, “да ...