Leningrad, as the city was then called, survived one of the most terrible sieges in world history – more than a million ...

The cold season is no reason to stay at home. Let's visit Father Frost (Russian Santa Claus), hunt for the northern lights ...

Russians still love this 1974 cult composition for being incredibly philosophical and for emphasizing that  life is here and now, not in the past ...

Want to enjoy beautiful scenery from the train window? Here are some travel ideas that will captivate you with unique and ...

Every fall Russians pick tons of apples at their dacha countryside. And they literally don't know what do to with them!

You can check out more lessons in our Telegram channel using the tag #russianclasses! Our website and social media accounts are under threat of being restricted or banned, due to the current ...

Someone who bends his line, not responding to the comments and criticism of others, then it will be said about him: “Васька ...

Oymyakon in Yakutia is the coldest village in Russia, considered the “pole of cold”. In 1933, a temperature of minus 67.7°C ( ...

Catherine II confessed in a letter to the architect Falconet that she "would like to have a project of an antique house, ...