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Why is the ‘sbiten’ maker considered a street symbol of Tsarist Russia?
Is Russian scientist Lomonosov actually the son of Peter I? (VIDEO)
What did the Decembrists hope to achieve by rebelling against the tsar?
Why did Peter the Great want to befriend Madagascar pirates?
What was going on in Russia during the reign of Charlemagne & the Frankish Empire?
Who said “there's no order in our vast land” and why?
How an English adventurer duchess ended up at the court of Catherine the Great
How Canada's Prime Minister once visited Soviet Norilsk
In Summer 1945, the Nazis planned to use nuclear weapons against the USSR
How did a piece of Italy end up near Russia’s Nizhny Tagil?
Why did Napoleon appear on Soviet posters? (PICS)
What was going on in Russia during the fall of Constantinople in 1453?
How did the sphinxes from Sevastopol end up… in Paris? (PHOTOS)
How a cockroach accidentally brought a new… baked good to Moscow!
How Emperor Paul I challenged ALL European monarchs to a duel
3 Nazi criminals who lived in the USSR after World War II
Boris Rossinsky: ‘The Grandfather of Russian aviation’
Why did every Russian girl dream of working as a ‘lady-in-waiting’?
Who was the Russian soldier who impressed Napoleon? (VIDEO)
Is it true that the descendants of the Byzantine emperor served Russia?
How a Soviet cartoonist drew Hitler from real life!
8 facts about the ‘king of reporters’ of Tsarist Russia (PICS)
The French King fled Russia TWICE! (VIDEO)
How Mayakovsky brought a car from Paris for Lilya Brik (PHOTOS)
How 3 Soviet cavalrymen captured a German convoy of 30 vehicles
The dog that survived the execution of the royal family (VIDEO)
How Russia & Spain fought for two years… without battles or losses!
How tall were Russian rulers? (INFOGRAPHIC)
How a female Prussian lancer became a tavern owner… in Russia (PICS)
Did you know that the USSR had a military base in Italy?
‘Ofeni’: The traveling salesmen of Tsarist Russia who invented criminal jargon
How Nicholas II's mistress once sued Lenin… & won
How did Russian troops end up… in Holland?
Why did the Nazis claim that the Russians were firing ‘barns’ during World War II?
How an enemy of the Bolsheviks became a renowned Soviet oceanographer
Soviet troops fought on Harley-Davidsons in World War II! (VIDEO)
How did a Russian bell end up in… British captivity? (PICS)
Is it true that German prisoners of war built luxury housing in the USSR after WWII?
Is it true that a Russian emperor staged his own death & became a hermit? (VIDEO)
Which Russian empress did Andersen read his fairy tales to?
How a serf became the main brewer of the Russian Empire
5 most impressive World War II museums in Russia (PHOTOS)
How a 17yo teenager became one of the BEST snipers of World War II
How Soviet partisans fought against the Nazis in… Belgium!
6 Soviet marshals stripped of their rank (PHOTOS)
Who besides the French participated in Napoleon's invasion of Russia?
Why was German Willem Mons beheaded in Russia?
Did Alexander Nevsky ever utter the phrase about the fate of those who come to us with the sword?
3 tsarist generals who joined the Bolsheviks
Who were the ‘raeshniks’ & why were they Tsarist Russia’s first ‘TV’?
What is the oldest city in Russia? (PHOTOS)
How a fake Russian emperor became ruler of… Montenegro
How the Nazis called Soviet military equipment during World War II (PHOTOS)
This Soviet general escaped from German captivity… TWICE!
Why was the French kiss known as a 'Tatar kiss' in Old Russia? (VIDEO)
6 facts about the ‘Krasny Kabachok’, an inn frequented by tsars & poets (PICS)
How Soviet TEENAGERS defended an entire village from the Nazis during World War II
How ‘matchmakers’ became the main marriage broker in merchant Russia
Is it true that Hitler's remains are kept… in Russia?
How an Italian model became the wife of a Russian artist (PHOTOS)
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