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!

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

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 ...

Tambov was once one of the main granaries of the Russian Empire. And, today, the city is one of the most ecologically clean ...

The Soviet state treated the Russian Orthodox Church extremely cruelly. Nevertheless, many clergymen still stood up to defend ...

These churches not only bring spiritual light, but also light the way for sailors. Discover the stories behind these Russian ...

Izborsk in Pskov Region is one of the oldest settlements in Russia. It was first mentioned back in 862 in the ‘Russian ...