He dreamed of becoming an icon painter, but became famous for his vivid images of peasant women and portraits of Lenin and ...

Bliny, aka pancakes or crepes. Wrap them, roll them, fold them, fill them... and eat them! Top them with whatever you want ...

Like many foreigners, Randy King came without knowing the language. But, unlike others, this did not hinder him at all. After ...

What, is he ‘тише воды, ниже травы’ (‘tishe vody, nizhe travy’) or ‘the quieter than water, lower than grass?’” If you were ...

In those times, prices for goods were set by the state and they did not change for years. But, this did not mean that the ...

Fall was harvest time for peasants. Check out some of the paintings Russian artists dedicated to preparation for winter.

Nature has no bad weather, especially if you can observe its whims without going outside. So, we put together a new listicle ...

In the pantheon of Russian literature, the writer who tragically died young is sure to stand somewhere next to Pushkin, whom ...

The 1st Separate Czechoslovak Battalion was the first foreign formation in the Red Army during World War II. Six of its ...

Golden leaves in the parks, foggy morning embankments of the Moskva River and cozy evening streets – see how the fall season ...

Jessica Mroz first came to Russia in 1994 for three weeks. Then, she came back for another year. Then another… And, wherever ...

Great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov didn’t succeed much in love… and here’s one of the more peculiar stories about one of ...