26.01.2017

The Mayakovsky Museum

These words are from Stalin himself…
23.01.2017

Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of All Russia

Crowned as the first царь всея Руси (Tsar of all Russia)…
18.01.2017

“Burnt by the Sun”

In 1994, Nikita Mikhalov directed one of his most famous film “Утомлённые солнцем”…
17.01.2017

Russian Idioms: “Говорить на разных языках”

While watching a heated argument between two young guys…
13.01.2017

Okydzhava: Song of the Arbat

Песенка об Арбате (Song about the Arbat) was written in 1959…
10.01.2017

“Children of the Arbat”: A Novel by Anatoly Rybakov

Анатолий Рыбаков (Anatoly Rybakov’s) novel “Дети Арбата” (Children of the Arbat)…
09.01.2017

The art of Icon Painting in Russia

Икона (an icon) is a painting representing…
03.01.2017

“Всё Равно” – It’s All the Same

This expression “Всё равно!”…
01.01.2017

The Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible (part 1)

The territory of Kolomenskoye was once the residence of the Russian princes….
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The Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible (part 2)

Read the first part of our article about the lost library of Ivan the Terrible…