Picturesque views of Yalta, Gurzuf and Bakhchisarai can be seen in the works of almost every famous Russian artist. And they ...

First time in the Russian capital and your head is spinning from the sights, names of streets and squares? Or something ...

The Zhiguli Mountains are visible directly from the embankment of the Volga River in Samara. They are located in the ...

The title of this novel has become a common phrase. And it raises the issue of two generations that would never understand ...

Surprisingly, the completely unprepared animal took such an exciting adventure with absolute ease. This story happened on ...

This song premiered in 1962 on a Soviet radio morning show and, from that time on, it’s become very popular. You can feel the ...

The sky was already breathing fall, the sun was shining less often, the days were getting shorter,” wrote famous Russian poet ...

Soviet propaganda was quite creative and formed negative perceptions of the church and priests in numerous visual images.

September and early October in Russia is called the ‘бархатный сезон’ (‘barkhatny sezon’) or ‘velvet season’ for vacationing ...

Quite soon, the Russian government realized that the Californian possessions would not bring in much income. “The South is ...

The rebellion of Yemelyan Pugachev exposed a host of problems in Russian society. The government wanted to consign it to ...

One of the most beautiful stations of the Moscow Metro subway system - ‘Kievskaya’ on the Circle (Brown) line - is decorated ...