19.01.2016

Moscow Legends: The French Embassy

In 1883, Nikolai Igumnov, a famous industrialist decided to build his mansion on the Bolshaya Yakimanka. This choice surprised everyone as it was not among the […]
19.01.2016

Moscow Legends: Pashkov House

“На закате солнца высоко над городом на каменной террасе одного из самых красивых зданий Москвы находились двое: Воланд и Азазелло. Снизу их никто не мог видеть, […]
18.01.2016

The Kremlin of Moscow (part 2)

Here you can read the first part of our article about the Kremlin. Tsar Cannon – Царь-пушка Next to Ivan the Great Bell tower you can […]
18.01.2016

The Kremlin of Moscow (part 1)

Moscow Kremlin is one of the most beautiful architectural ensemble in the world. Its white stone cathedrals and palaces front doors of different eras represent a […]
14.12.2015

Kitai Gorod

Moscow’s oldest area “Китай Город” (Kitai Gorod) is located East of the Kremlin, only separated from it by the Red Square. Although the name of this […]
04.12.2015

Altai Republic – the territory of divine nature

The Republic of Altai (Республика Алтай) is a republic within the Russian Federation, a subject of the Russian Federation, a part of the Siberian Federal District. […]
04.12.2015

Lake Baikal, The Pearl of Siberia

Russia occupies one sixth of the land on our planet. Our country is so large that not all Russians can afford to visit at least few […]
02.12.2015

Solovki:… to the Gulag and Back (part 2)

Today, you can read the second and last part of our article about the Solovetsky Islands. In our first part, we were telling you about the […]
02.12.2015

Solovki: From the Orthodox Asceticism… (Part 1)

As soon as the Soviet Union came to an end, and with it the fall of Железный занавес (the Iron Curtain), Russians took it as a […]