The lofty lines of Old Russian architecture, ornate examples of the Baroque style and a variety of golden and multicolored ...

One of the main church holidays is the Resurrection of Christ. On this day, believers exchanged greetings, saying, “Christ is ...

The Bolsheviks closed churches all over the country and then converted them for various needs, sometimes quite unbelievable.

The ideas of production automation inspired all industrialized countries back in the early 20th century and the Soviet Union ...

In 1945, the building of the German parliament had no military or political significance. However, the Soviets saw in it the ...

There are about 80 historical ‘kalancha’, the watchtowers at fire stations, scattered all over Russia. Today, most of them ...

More than 20 cultural and several more natural sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1990.

The Soviet Union began regular broadcasting from the television center in 1934 and, by that time, the first serial TV sets ...

When reading Russian-language texts, it's not unusual to come across various abbreviations, which can be difficult to understand at ...

The old expression “Типун тебе на язык” ("Tipun tebe na yazyk" or literally "I wish you had a pimple on your tongue!") can be ...

As the opening credits to Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Basterds’ appear, a melancholic melody begins to play. Fans of ...

It is considered one of the most famous Russian novels and is a delicate view on the nature of a typical Russian man. The ...