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

On November 9 each year, Russia celebrates the birthday of the famous 19th century novelist. He was born in 1818 and, for ...

The length of the underground labyrinths in Irkutsk Region is more than 70 kilometers, but research is still ongoing.

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

The name "golubtsy" actually translates from Russian as "little pigeons". Probably because of their shape. The filling most ...

The treasures of Troy were shown there and one of the floors of the museum is still decorated with copies of high reliefs of ...

Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov – are widely known not only in Russia, but also abroad. Their ...

Together with the Red Army, the 1st Polish Army stormed Berlin in the Spring of 1945. The Poles made up a tenth of all the ...

Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote a poem about it, including the following line: “Every proletarian should see the Planetarium!” The ...

Alina Pekova has conquered all 14 mountain peaks that are over 8,000 meters high. Less than 50 climbers in the world have ...

One of the most famous Russian plays ever is still performed on stages worldwide. What’s the secret of success behind it? And ...

Russian cinema has their own handsome men, on par with the likes of Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and Johnny Depp.