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 ...

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

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Kamchatka Krai, is surrounded by three volcanoes - Avachinsky, Koryaksky and Kozelsky. Locals call them "home" and visit them more often than others: they go ...

Igor Metelskiy's shot of a lynx stretching in Russia's Far East was chosen the winner in the ‘Animals in their Environment’ ...

It’s impossible to imagine the life of the Russian Cossacks without churches. During campaigns, they set up temporary field churches and ...

Among the Cossacks, there were not only brave warriors in the service of the tsar and the fatherland, but also cruel robbers and rebels. You will ...

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

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

This small city in the Republic of Tatarstan is known for its well-preserved historical center and is extremely popular among ...

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

In reality, this futuristic computer was the Soviet ‘Sphinx’ station, developed in 1986. Not just a computer, but a whole ...

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