Our faithful four-legged friends are always close by: they help geologists in the Far North, assist border guards across the ...

Emperor Paul I and one of the leaders of the Bolsheviks, Leon Trotsky, wanted to take away the main source of wealth from the British.

That very same late 19th century Russian romance song that is famous around the world!

According to legend, the church was built on the site where Prince Vladimir was baptized. We highlight what you need to know ...

Theater interpreter Alexander Kahl moved to the Urals in the most criminal of times, the early 1990s. But, amazingly enough, ...

A giant epic novel about the Cossack life on the backdrop of Russia’s most turbulent times – the Revolution and the Civil War ...

Paul I lived in the Mikhailovsky Castle for only forty days. And Peter I came up with a project for a mansion on the seashore ...

Throughout the history of cinema, the Russian writer's novels and short stories have been adapted hundreds of times for the ...

Made of cottage cheese and fried in a pan, these little puck-shaped guys are tasty, healthy and easy to make. Lots of ...

Except for works describing real historical events, such as ‘War and Peace’ or ‘The Captain's Daughter’, Russian writers ...

A loving couple sailing in a boat; a funny pair of snails; a girl reading a book while hugging her favorite teddy bear – ...

A new cable car system in Nizhny Novgorod has opened on the site of a lost historical one: Its stations connect People's ...