In the space of just nine months in 1917 Russia underwent two revolutions, changing the country's destiny forever. In February the Russian monarchy collapsed. In October, squeezing out the ...

A group of kids approach as we arrive on the main square of the legendary Soviet summer camp, Artek. Dressed in the same colorful uniform, they greet us with a chant, "Artekovtsi! Our beloved Artek!

"Antartica is probably the only place we don't air," says Dmitry Loveiko, managing director of Animaccord Animation Studio. "Even viewers in North Africa know us." This claim from the co-producer ...

Za devet mjeseci 1917. godine Rusija je doživjela dvije revolucije koje su zauvijek izmijenile njezin povijesni razvoj. U veljači je pala ruska monarhija, a u listopadu su boljševici potisnuli ...

Aginskoye is a small settlement in the south of Transbaikal Region (nearly 5,000 kilometers east of Moscow), overlooking Lake Baikal to the west and Mongolia to the south. If you ask locals ...

Warum man mit einem Oberleitungsbus drei Stunden lang 100 Kilometer von Simferopol nach Jalta schaukeln sollte, als einfach schnell ein Taxi zu nehmen? Peggy Lohse ist auf die Krim gefahren und ...

Les célèbres Saisons russes qui « cartonnaient » en Europe et aux États-Unis dans le premier quart du XXe siècle doivent leur existence à un homme, Serge Diaghilev. Paradoxe : bien que lui ...

Russian contemporary dance doesn't have it easy. Ever since its birth it's lived in the shadow of grand Russian ballet and has been forced to constantly prove its right to exist. Many people still ...

With more than 850000 search queries on Google and e-commerce sites, a growing number of collectors from around the world are trying to get their hands on wristwatches from the USSR. A Moscow ...

Eighty years ago Moscow saw the birth of the VDNKh project, the most grandiose exhibition park in the Soviet Union and a showcase of the country's economic achievements. The former glory of the ...

The icon is an integral part of not only Russian culture, but also of Europe during the Middle Ages, which had a different chronological timeline than in Russia. Unlike Western European countries ...

It is often described as "an encyclopedia of classical dance". This three-act ballet with its prologue and apotheosis comprises everything created by the genre of classical ballet over the three ...