Catherine II confessed in a letter to the architect Falconet that she "would like to have a project of an antique house, ...

Oymyakon in Yakutia is the coldest village in Russia, considered the “pole of cold”. In 1933, a temperature of minus 67.7°C ( ...

In Los Angeles, he wrote two scripts, but the studio was not satisfied and then Paramount offered Eisenstein to work on the ...

If you were born in the USSR, you probably remember these dishes. And, if you weren't, you might want to try them! Here's ...

North Ossetia is famous not only for its stunning gorges, waterfalls and lakes, but also for its ancient architecture. Here ...

Reading classic Russian literature in the original language you can find some weird words ending with '-s'. “Извольте-с”, “да ...

Alexander Kazakov survived the Great War safely, but the Civil War that broke out after it in Russia literally broke him.

You can't always immediately understand what these posters and postcards are advertising. But, it’s impossible to take your eyes off them!

Our website and social media accounts are under threat of being restricted or banned, due to the current circumstances. So, ...

Soviet children grew up on the ‘Three Musketeers’ book, but also on the movie where d'Artagnan speaks… Russian! And, in the ...

In the USSR, science was considered one of the key tools for building communism. After the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, the ...

The Belgian corps fought on the Eastern Front, until the Bolsheviks took power in the country. However, they did not want to take part in the ...