Journalist Svetlana Lomakina has been interviewing expats from different countries living all over Russia for several years ...

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Many of them were severely destroyed after the Nazi occupation. This is what they look like now. Nikolay Viktorovich (CC ...

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The collection of the Historical Museum contains an unusual portrait of Yemelyan Pugachev, in which the leader of the ...

The most popular names in Russia in 2024 were Mikhail and Sofia. In Moscow, according to the Department of the Civil Registry ...

Nothing good can be expected if someone threatens: “Я тебе покажу, где раки зимуют!” (“Ya tebe pokazhu gde raki zimuyut”) or ...

Tobolsk, now a small city, was the capital of Siberia several centuries ago. Its 17th-century white-stone kremlin has been ...

The plots of these classic works are heartbreaking and we sincerely empathize with their protagonists.

One of the main Soviet artists of the second half of the 20th century died early and tragically, but still managed to create ...

Before Peter the Great came to power and built St. Petersburg, Russian great princes and tsars lived in the Moscow Kremlin.