Almost on the very border with Estonia in the town of Pechory, you will find one of the largest Orthodox monasteries in ...

Tambov was once one of the main granaries of the Russian Empire. And, today, the city is one of the most ecologically clean ...

These ladies are not only incredibly beautiful, but they are also very talented and very much in demand in the movie industry.

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The letter 'Ф' (F) was a very late arrival in Slavic languages, and is often found in foreign words. If only this fact made it any ...

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

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

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

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

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.

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