Russia is known for its cold winters, but, in these places, it will be warm even in January. And, in summer, the real heat awaits.

Finally, “лед тронулся” (“lyed tronulsya”) or “the ice has broken”! When you hear this from your interlocutor, don’t rush to look for the ...

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 ...

The battle for the Soviet capital became one of the key ones during the war. Check out what Moscow looked like during that ...

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

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

Nizhny Novgorod is one of the largest cities in Russia (1.2 million people). In the old days, Nizhny Novgorod was a busy merchant city and, in the Soviet era, became known as the home of ‘GAZ’ vehicle ...

We've looked at famous Soviet actors' and directors' zodiac signs last time. Today we look at those of the famous writers!

This city is known as the capital of Siberia. It is also the easternmost city in Russia with a population of over a million. Here are three of ...

Jose Antonio Hernandez-Blanco has been living in the southern taiga for almost 30 years and knows the Russian forest like the ...

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