In 2006, actor Vasily Livanov received the Order of the British Empire, Fifth Class, at the British Embassy in Moscow. On ...

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Commander of the Russian army Pyotr Wrangel was the only leader of the White movement who was still feared by the Bolsheviks ...

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

In the USSR, all children were required to go to school and learn. The profession of a teacher was very important, because ...

Architectural historian and photographer William Brumfield unravels the 500-year history of the Novodevichy Convent and its ...

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On the territory of the Moscow Kremlin, there is a palace that was built for the first of the Romanovs, Tsar Mikhail ...

One of our followers asked via our Telegram channel whether there are any “ugly” Russian women – because, allegedly, no one ...

If a Russian craves something really tasty and not very 'healthy' for dinner, believe us, it will be fried potatoes!