Bolshevik Revolution, the ancient fortress in the heart of the city was not deserted, but became something akin to a ...

Considered the most fashionable department store in modern Moscow, TsUM (Tsentralny Universalny Magazin) was also the first place in Tsarist ...

On April 20, 1934, in addition to Lyapidevsky, the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Vasily Molokov, Nikolai Kamanin, Mavrikiy Slepnev, Mikhail Vodopyanov and Ivan Doronin.

There is no ‘Kolobok’ or ‘Kashchei the Immortal’, but there is a talking black hen, underground kings and the Mistress of the ...

One of the main church holidays is the Resurrection of Christ. On this day, believers exchanged greetings, saying, “Christ is ...

The lofty lines of Old Russian architecture, ornate examples of the Baroque style and a variety of golden and multicolored ...

The Bolsheviks closed churches all over the country and then converted them for various needs, sometimes quite unbelievable.

When reading Russian-language texts, it's not unusual to come across various abbreviations, which can be difficult to understand at ...

The scandalous incident occurred in Moscow on January 6, 1919 - Vladimir Lenin was already at the head of the young Soviet state. The attack on the leader’s car was committed by a gang of a well-known ...

There are about 80 historical ‘kalancha’, the watchtowers at fire stations, scattered all over Russia. Today, most of them ...

The ideas of production automation inspired all industrialized countries back in the early 20th century and the Soviet Union ...