We’ve made a calendar of Russia’s main historical events, official holidays and folk customs. It turns out that every day is an occasion to raise a ...

The events described in Netflix’s ‘The Last Czars,’ i.e. the Russian revolution and the murder of the Russian Imperial family, were in reality so complex and multi-layered they simply cannot ...

In this latest report in our Pandemic travel series, our columnist first soaks in Sochi’s main attractions, before heading to the peaceful and ...

Hearty soups, tender desserts, fluffy pastry… Russian cuisine includes a huge number of dishes of various regions and peoples. We’ve selected the main delights that you can try in Russia.

Forests are what you'll see out of the train window for most of your journey on the Trans-Siberian. Sometimes this landscape of endless lines of trees outside the train window does not change for ...

Lush, toasty and easy to eat on the go! This pastry has won the hearts of Russians since the Middle Ages!

Anton Chekhov’s name is synonymous with ambivalence, mood and nuance. One of the greatest playwrights in history focused on “what lies beneath”, ...

Why visit Tobolsk? Well, for one, to look at the ancient capital of Siberia, feel what the great exile Fyodor Dostoevsky and Romanovs royal family experienced here and also admire how the city has ...

We have traced how the architecture of Russian churches changed from ancient times to present day, in line with “fashion trends” and technological ...

Soviet Union, the Congress of Soviets, Soviet of Federation – the word has been and is still widely used in Russia, but what does it exactly mean?

During the 70 years of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the number of constituent parts changed, but most of the time there were 15 of them. Here is the list.

Some considered them “enemies of the people”, while others saw them as victims of an illegal execution. And, in the U.S., even a brand of jeans was ...