Russian literary classics are not only dramatic plots with tragic endings, but also funny, ironic stories. We’ve picked out ...

Before 1918, distances in Russia were measured not in kilometers, but in versts. Incidentally, they differ slightly from each ...

Most Western movies about the participation of the USSR in the war against Nazi Germany contain many cliches and distortions of history. But, there are exceptions. Joseph Vilsmaier/.A. Produktion ...

During the ‘Battle of the Dnieper’ in the Fall of 1943, Junior Lieutenant Bakhtin and a group of soldiers captured a bridgehead on the right bank of the river and held it for two days until ...

Did you know that, at the beginning of the 20th century, foreigners filmed alternative movie endings for Russian audiences? It's true: ...

In 1727, two years after the death of Peter the Great, the first floating bridge appeared in St. Petersburg - St. Isaac's Bridge, which allowed one to cross to Vasilievsky Island. It was supported ...

It was the darkest time in Soviet history. But even during the war with Nazi Germany, Russian people didn’t lose their spirits. We present excerpts from personal diaries of 1941-1945 on how New ...