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

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 ...

There are several ways (or rites) to join the Orthodox Church: through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and repentance. We explain what ...

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

Петр Первый любил играть в шашки и шахматы. Peter the Great loved playing checkers and chess. На завтрак император обожал есть перловую кашу. The emperor loved to eat pearl barley ...

Theaters around the world stage countless productions based on the works of Russia’s main playwright. However, there are also hundreds of ...

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

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

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

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