A new cable car system in Nizhny Novgorod has opened on the site of a lost historical one: Its stations connect People's ...

While the Brits drank their 5 o’clock tea, the Soviet people had ‘poldnik’. Which actually translates as a ‘half-day’ snack. ...

The most successful Soviet fighter pilots of that conflict had no previous serious combat experience. They did not fight ...

Surprisingly, the completely unprepared animal took such an exciting adventure with absolute ease. This story happened on ...

The Zhiguli Mountains are visible directly from the embankment of the Volga River in Samara. They are located in the ...

The Soviet poet loved animals and there are many other photos of him with cats. In this particular photo, Mayakovsky is ...

Gouandegno Ngongwè Suzy Naomie is a great-granddaughter of Gabon’s first king. It’s already been 17 years since she moved to ...

The title of this novel has become a common phrase. And it raises the issue of two generations that would never understand ...

September and early October in Russia is called the ‘бархатный сезон’ (‘barkhatny sezon’) or ‘velvet season’ for vacationing ...

The sky was already breathing fall, the sun was shining less often, the days were getting shorter,” wrote famous Russian poet ...

Russians and other Slavic nationalities have been cooking this famous soup for ages and are still arguing which country it's ...

Soviet propaganda was quite creative and formed negative perceptions of the church and priests in numerous visual images.