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Did you know that Russia has its own Halloween?
Why is early fall in Russia called ‘women's summer’?
Did you know that, in Old Russia, people steamed in an oven?
Why do Sakhalin islanders «feed» the sea?
10 simple ways Soviets had fun in summer (PHOTOS)
What is ‘Sabantuy’ and why is it celebrated all over Russia? (PHOTOS)
Women's dress code at the tsar's court: dresses in Russian style (PICS)
How did ‘Chicken Ryaba’ from Russian fairy tales appear in the Paris Metro?
How the Buddhist New Year is celebrated in Siberia (PHOTOS)
Orenburg goats & shawls: 5 facts about this UNIQUE downy goat breed
Kolyadki: What is sung at Christmas in Russia
How blue shoe covers became quintessential Russian footwear
8 Russian ways to cure a hangover!
5 facts you need to know about Orthodox Christian Christmas
New Year all year round: All New Year celebrations of different peoples of Russia
How, when & why the zodiac wheel became popular in Russia (PICS)
10 things a foreigner should never do in St. Petersburg
10 things you should NEVER do in Moscow
7 most WEIRD Russian eating habits
Why is there a tradition of pulling people by their ears on their birthday?
What traditions, rites & holidays were invented in the USSR in place of Orthodox Christian ones?
From chintz to diamonds: The names Russians use for wedding anniversaries
How to weave traditional Russian belts (VIDEO)
Why do tourists make rock pyramids?
Russian reindeer herders celebrate their official holiday! (VIDEO)
Why do Siberians compete in breaking bones? (PHOTOS)
Surkharbaan: How Siberia celebrates the main summer festival
10 unique crafts of the Russian North
Could you live in a reindeer herder’s ‘chum’? (PHOTOS)
10 amazing jewelry items made in the Russian Style (PHOTOS)
What’s encoded in Chuvash embroidery? (PHOTOS)
20 unofficial symbols of Russia (PICS)
Palekh: Everything you need to know about this lacquer miniature (PICS)
This EMBROIDERED ethnographic map of Russia is out of this world! (PHOTOS)
What do Russians SHOUT at weddings?
Siberia’s ‘cult of the bear’ EXPLAINED
What’s so special about the Russian wreath?
Who introduced the Christmas tree tradition to Russia?
How Stalin banned Christmas and New Year’s
Why did Russians mount crosses with ‘roofs’ on graves?
A showcase of Soviet life: What the famous closets nicknamed ‘walls’ stored
Khokhloma: All you need to know about the ‘gold’ painted tableware
5 most unusual Russian bath houses: In space and under water
What is the Russian VENIK?
10 unusual musical instruments of Russia's ethnic peoples (VIDEO)
Russia’s amazing cultural and ethnic diversity in PHOTOS
Who is Ivan the Fool, Russian fairy tales’ main lucky jester
What the homeland of Russian crystal looks like (PHOTOS)
Why Chukchi people still breed reindeer and hunt sea animals
Ethnic wedding dresses of the Russian peoples (PHOTOS)
5 facts about the Russian flag
Dzykka: Try the cheese porridge made in Ossetia when a boy is born (RECIPE)
What is a ‘Russian’ braid?
Russian fairy tales in the paintings of artists (PICS)
What is 'THE SENSE OF HOME' for different ethnicities of Russia? (PHOTOS)
How does the largest pagan minority in Russia live today? (PHOTOS)
Why Russians greet guests with bread and salt
What’s so special about the Russian DEDUSHKA? (PHOTOS)
Why the Russian BABUSHKA is a phenomenon (PHOTOS)
Remote Siberia through the eyes of a Serbian photographer (PHOTOS)
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