Yokhor is an ancient circle dance that is performed in Buryatia at folk festivals. Hundreds of people gather in a ring, take ...

Every schoolchild in Russia has written at least one essay on Polenov's painting, 'Golden Autumn'. The artist is especially famous for his fall paintings. I’ve gathered the most popular ones! You can ...

One of the most beautiful stations of the Moscow Metro subway system - ‘Kievskaya’ on the Circle (Brown) line - is decorated ...

The rebellion of Yemelyan Pugachev exposed a host of problems in Russian society. The government wanted to consign it to ...

The cities around Moscow are growing rapidly. Many high-rise apartment buildings and highways are constantly being built so ...

For many centuries, this city served as the most important outpost on the northwestern borders of Russia. Here are three of ...

This song premiered in 1962 on a Soviet radio morning show and, from that time on, it’s become very popular. You can feel the ...

Carlos Alonso left sunny Havana for Omsk to study mechanical engineering of the tank forces. But, he stayed in Russia to work ...

You can see the Caucasus Mountains, Nizhny Novgorod forests, the Black Sea and Moscow’s skyscrapers from these cable car ...

This 1994 composition by pop band ‘LUBE’ has become so popular that people consider it to be an ancient folk song. And some ...

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 ...

In 1816, a decree banned ‘Koporsky’ tea was issued in Russia and a little later, in 1839, the Rural Police Charter for state ...