There was no money for expensive entertainment or trips to exotic resorts, so people found joy and pleasure in the most ...

Sales never end in Moscow! In these malls, you will find not only famous international brands, but also local. And everything ...

Soviet propaganda had to make enormous efforts to justify the crimes of Grigory Kotovsky as a fight against the ruling regime ...

Out of order guest’ - this was the original title of the painting by artist Pavel Fedotov. Its hero clearly was not expecting ...

Soviet shoes were practical and sturdy, though far from the most elegant. Meanwhile, fancy foreign shoes were always in short ...

The production was quite labor-intensive: the scenes were filmed sequentially - first they were acted out in Russian and then ...

The first standard of the Russian Borzoi was adopted in 1888. It has a narrow, elongated muzzle, long legs and silky fur. It ...

Pushkin both loved and hated the hottest time of the year at the same time. "Oh, red summer! I would love you, if it were not ...

Overcrowded beaches had nothing to do with how the nobility used to spend summer. Before the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, they ...

One of St. Petersburg's calling cards - sculptures of horses held by young men - decorate the Anichkov Bridge. Every day, ...

Tea was brought to Russia only in the 17th century: In 1638, it was presented as a gift to Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich. In the ...

In the last years of his reign, he and his family had five cats and three dogs. 6. Tsesarevich Alexei with his cat Kotka and ...