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What architectural styles can be found in Russia? (PHOTOS)
Alexander Radishchev: The Russian writer who suffered most for his work
How composer Rimsky-Korsakov almost became… a soldier!
Scottish pianist: ‘I decided to learn Russian because of Prokofiev’
Why does ‘Baba Yaga’ fly around in a… giant mortar?
8 main CATS in Russian Culture… Meow!
What's going on in this painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin?
4 legendary fashion designers who visited the USSR (PHOTOS)
How writer Mikhail Prishvin built the first Soviet motorhome (PHOTOS)
How Vladimir Mayakovsky once wrote a script for a French film
What does Russia’s ‘Ded Moroz’ aka ‘Father Frost’ travel on? (PHOTOS)
How Leo Tolstoy lost his entire HOME playing cards
10 treasures from the ‘Tsarskoye Selo’ museum (PHOTOS)
What did classic Russian writers think about FAME?
15 PHOTOS by Igor Palmin, a remarkable Soviet photographer
10 main exhibits from Moscow’s Museum of Russian Icons (PICS)
Your complete guide to ALL buildings & sites of Peterhof (PHOTOS)
The origin of the ‘Magic Tablecloth’
How an Old Believers' chapel ended up in Moscow’s Museum of Russian Icons
Leo Tolstoy in PHOTOS made by his wife Sofya
Did you know that Dostoevsky was almost executed at the age of 28?
What's going on in Vasily Perov's painting? (PICS)
Where did the invisibility cap come from?
5 facts about Russia’s leading avant-garde poet & ‘Chairman of the Globe’
7 most BEAUTIFUL Catholic & Protestant churches in Russia (PHOTOS)
Who are Russians, according to Russian writers?
The most famous DEMON in Russian literature! (PICS)
Who is ‘Viy’ in Russian literature? (PICS)
3 Types of Evil Spirits in Russian Literature
6 Russian mystical love stories
7 facts about ‘Red Moscow’, the legendary Soviet perfume
What's going on in this painting by artist Vasily Perov? (PICS)
7 Russian composers who served in the military (PICS)
5 POPULAR Russian science fiction writers
Mikhailov lace: What's so special about this Russian craft? (PHOTOS)
Weddings in Russian paintings (PICS)
15 Paintings by Russian Artists about FEASTING
‘Russian Fairy tales’ by Vladimir Dahl
10 BEST examples of Art Deco style in Soviet architecture
Why was this Russian master called the ‘Stradivarius of balalaika makers’?
How Viktor Tsoi influenced the author of ‘Johnny Mnemonic’
Who is the Firebird and why does every Russian want one?
3 facts about the ancient St. George's Cathedral in Yuryev-Polsky (PHOTOS)
The 5 MAIN madmen of Russian literature (PICS)
How a Russian virtuoso made the ‘balalaika’ FAMOUS around the world
10 MAIN hobbies of Leo Tolstoy (PHOTOS)
You won't believe what's in this building!
Mermaids through the eyes of Russian artists (PICS)
Why is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Moscow different colors?
3 Russian fairy tales that were BANNED from publication
Masterpieces of art in the Moscow Metro (PHOTOS)
In this painting, you can (almost) ‘hear’ a famous song about the Volga!
What the ‘Egyptian Pavilion’ at the Ostankino Estate in Moscow looks like
10 folk music ensembles of the peoples of Russia (VIDEOS)
This house has Pushkin & Tolstoy in… togas! But why?
5 movies in which FALL is one of the main ‘characters’
Lost in translation: How Russians translate from English
10 Western Works That Have Become… classics in Russia
How artists depicted the ‘Russian Atlantis’ – the city of Kitezh
5 facts about Oscar-winning director Sergei Bondarchuk
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