Russian works of fine art, icons and jewelry found their way abroad in various ways: they were collected by museums and ...

Russia is full of incredible mountain landscapes that will take your breath away: about 30% of the country's territory is ...

In the city with the most European architecture in Russia, you won't find cute little wooden churches as we are used to ...

In the Fall of 1972, a woman appeared at the airport in Tokyo and was greeted like a star. The news that legendary actress ...

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

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

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

Take a closer look at how artists in Russia and the USSR fantasized and depicted characters and plots from fairy tales, poems ...

It was important for artists to show not only the triumph of the Red Army in the defeated capital of the Third Reich, but ...

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

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

In 1945, the building of the German parliament had no military or political significance. However, the Soviets saw in it the ...