The most popular names in Russia in 2024 were Mikhail and Sofia. In Moscow, according to the Department of the Civil Registry ...

Journalist Svetlana Lomakina has been interviewing expats from different countries living all over Russia for several years ...

Nothing good can be expected if someone threatens: “Я тебе покажу, где раки зимуют!” (“Ya tebe pokazhu gde raki zimuyut”) or ...

One of the main Soviet artists of the second half of the 20th century died early and tragically, but still managed to create ...

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Before Peter the Great came to power and built St. Petersburg, Russian great princes and tsars lived in the Moscow Kremlin.

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Tobolsk, now a small city, was the capital of Siberia several centuries ago. Its 17th-century white-stone kremlin has been ...

It's a whole detective story! Before meeting the French writer, the woman fled Russia after a high-profile criminal scandal.

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