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

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

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

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

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

People in the rear worked tirelessly to ensure that the Red Army did not need anything. At the same time, they used every ...

The ‘Flagpole’ ice rink on Krestovsky Island occupies an area of 28,000 sq. meters (301,390 sq. ft.) and several thousand ...

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

Having seen the painting ‘Joy of Life’ at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris in 1906, Moscow merchant Sergei Shchukin was so ...

Ladies, these talented, charming and brutal-looking athletes will win your heart! And guys, time to hit the gym!

It's a whole detective story! Before meeting the French writer, the woman fled Russia after a high-profile criminal scandal.

Vyborg is one of the most colorful cities in Russia. Medieval Swedish buildings stand side by side with houses from the times ...