He dreamed of becoming an icon painter, but became famous for his vivid images of peasant women and portraits of Lenin and ...

Like many foreigners, Randy King came without knowing the language. But, unlike others, this did not hinder him at all. After ...

Bliny, aka pancakes or crepes. Wrap them, roll them, fold them, fill them... and eat them! Top them with whatever you want ...

This southern coastal city is beautiful at any time of the year and gives travelers unforgettable experiences. In addition, you can get double ...

In those times, prices for goods were set by the state and they did not change for years. But, this did not mean that the ...

What, is he ‘тише воды, ниже травы’ (‘tishe vody, nizhe travy’) or ‘the quieter than water, lower than grass?’” If you were ...

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Kamchatka Krai, is surrounded by three volcanoes - Avachinsky, Koryaksky and Kozelsky. Locals call them "home" and visit them more often than others: they go ...

Igor Metelskiy's shot of a lynx stretching in Russia's Far East was chosen the winner in the ‘Animals in their Environment’ ...

It’s impossible to imagine the life of the Russian Cossacks without churches. During campaigns, they set up temporary field churches and ...

Among the Cossacks, there were not only brave warriors in the service of the tsar and the fatherland, but also cruel robbers and rebels. You will ...

Nature has no bad weather, especially if you can observe its whims without going outside. So, we put together a new listicle ...

Great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov didn’t succeed much in love… and here’s one of the more peculiar stories about one of ...