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Almost on the very border with Estonia in the town of Pechory, you will find one of the largest Orthodox monasteries in ...

In the USSR, all children were required to go to school and learn. The profession of a teacher was very important, because ...

Architectural historian and photographer William Brumfield unravels the 500-year history of the Novodevichy Convent and its ...

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If a Russian craves something really tasty and not very 'healthy' for dinner, believe us, it will be fried potatoes!

One of our followers asked via our Telegram channel whether there are any “ugly” Russian women – because, allegedly, no one ...

On the territory of the Moscow Kremlin, there is a palace that was built for the first of the Romanovs, Tsar Mikhail ...

When a person sadly says: “Его пустили по миру” (“Ego pustili po miru“) or “They have been sent out into the world”, it means ...

Throughout the history of cinema, the Russian writer's novels and short stories have been adapted hundreds of times for the ...

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According to legend, the church was built on the site where Prince Vladimir was baptized. We highlight what you need to know ...