Nothing good can be expected if someone threatens: “Я тебе покажу, где раки зимуют!” (“Ya tebe pokazhu gde raki zimuyut”) or ...

Tobolsk, now a small city, was the capital of Siberia several centuries ago. Its 17th-century white-stone kremlin has been ...

The ‘Flagpole’ ice rink on Krestovsky Island occupies an area of 28,000 sq. meters (301,390 sq. ft.) and several thousand ...

The plots of these classic works are heartbreaking and we sincerely empathize with their protagonists.

Having seen the painting ‘Joy of Life’ at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris in 1906, Moscow merchant Sergei Shchukin was so ...

Ladies, these talented, charming and brutal-looking athletes will win your heart! And guys, time to hit the gym!

Before Peter the Great came to power and built St. Petersburg, Russian great princes and tsars lived in the Moscow Kremlin.

People in the rear worked tirelessly to ensure that the Red Army did not need anything. At the same time, they used every ...

Vyborg is one of the most colorful cities in Russia. Medieval Swedish buildings stand side by side with houses from the times ...

One of the most poetic Soviet painters, Alexander Labas* glorified not just technical progress, but the incredible feelings ...

It's a whole detective story! Before meeting the French writer, the woman fled Russia after a high-profile criminal scandal.

Hernán Brusa is proud not only for the dancing skills and success of his Petersburg tango students, but also for the speed in which they fell in ...