Alina Pekova has conquered all 14 mountain peaks that are over 8,000 meters high. Less than 50 climbers in the world have ...

Jose Antonio Hernandez-Blanco has been living in the southern taiga for almost 30 years and knows the Russian forest like the ...

Russian cinema has their own handsome men, on par with the likes of Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and Johnny Depp.

These figure skaters, soccer players and gymnasts not only take first place in world competitions, but also look great doing ...

When Russians eat in Soviet-style 'stolovka' cafes and office canteens, this dish surely is among the most popular ones. Also ...

The main base of the Black Sea Fleet was blockaded from land and withstood two assaults by superior enemy forces. The third, ...

However, in the late 1920s, Tolstoy returned to Soviet Russia, finding it very progressive and with perspective. And he ended ...

It turns out that there were vampires among the 19th century nobility in Russia. Only they had a different name.

Moscow is the capital of Russia and its largest city (13 million people). You can discover architecture from different eras: ...

The stairs to the Torgashinsky Ridge can be climbed in around 90 minutes. On the Jordanskaya staircase, to take a spectacular ...

Don’t have much time to learn Russian? Memorize this wonderful word and you’ll know how to react to a million situations!

Tangerines from Morocco, processed cheese from Finland, canned vegetables from Hungary and Bulgaria – Soviet housewives knew ...