The Soviet Union began regular broadcasting from the television center in 1934 and, by that time, the first serial TV sets ...

More than 20 cultural and several more natural sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1990.

The ‘Russian San Francisco’, the world's largest city on permafrost and a city from whose waterfront it is possible to see ...

The old expression “Типун тебе на язык” ("Tipun tebe na yazyk" or literally "I wish you had a pimple on your tongue!") can be ...

As the opening credits to Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Basterds’ appear, a melancholic melody begins to play. Fans of ...

It is considered one of the most famous Russian novels and is a delicate view on the nature of a typical Russian man. The ...

Russia has been preparing healthy and nutritious drinks centuries before smoothies and milkshakes became popular. Below, ...

On May 30, 2004, the 72-ton bell rang for the first time. Now, it is the largest working bell in Russia. Its "tongue" alone ...

Legendary French architect Le Corbusier realized only one project in the Soviet Union - the ‘Centrosoyuz’ building in Moscow.

Now, about 10-15 leopards live in the Caucasus: in the Sochi National Park, in North Ossetia and in Kabardino-Balkaria.

There are many temples in Samara: the Pokrovsky Cathedral, which looks like a fairy-tale ‘terem’ (country house), the old ...

You fight like a girl!” was a phrase often thrown around during Catherine II’s reign with undisguised delight. The empress ...