A theater director by education, Kupriyanov was able to create photographs literally out of nothing. He could stop a wedding ...

Dr. Dang Nguyen, a specialist in traditional Asian medicine, literally grew up on Soviet cartoons, so in the 1990s he went to ...

You just need to mix fried minced or canned meat with pasta. One pan meal. No tomatoes, no cheese, no nothing. The ...

It was easy to find out the price of a product in Soviet times: it was stamped directly on it. Almost all goods were marked, ...

One of the most important novels of Russian and world literature has received a fresh screen adaptation for the first time in ...

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 ...

Max Otto von Stierlitz is a cover name of a Soviet intelligence officer and super spy Maxim Isayev. He managed to infiltrate ...

Fall is made for rustling leaves in the Tauride Garden and wandering along the Fontanka Embankment with a tea in hand. Don't ...

From the student bench to retirement in one place – the career of many Soviet citizens resembled this. But, how did they find ...

Red Army commanders highly valued the ‘Willys’ for its excellent driving characteristics. And, after the war, provincial ...

Today, it is a small city with a population of only 100,000. However, in the 18th century, Tobolsk was the capital of the ...

Usually, icons depict saints or martyrs. But, one of them features an image of the great poet. How did that happen?