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What's going on in this painting by Konstantin Makovsky?
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6 Russian writers who loved sports
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What does the expression «to lose all one’s hair» mean?
How Peter I once held ALL of France in his arms!
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Who was blamed for the imperial train crash?
What happens when a person “gets unbelted”?
Chinese New Year in Moscow (PHOTOS)
Meet Maxim Matveyev, a Russian actor & latest TikTok star (PHOTOS)
Meet Adelia Petrosyan, the Russian figure skater beloved by the world (PHOTOS)
How AI is developing in Russia
The 7 most famous horses in Russian literature
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Why did Beethoven dedicate his sonatas to a Russian tsar?
What happens when things “go with a runny nose”?
Ilya Malinin & the Soviet school of figure skating: Is there a connection? (PHOTOS)
Why does St. Isaac's Cathedral stand in water in this painting?
6 Contemporary Russian Choirs
7 facts about Empress Anna Ioannovna (PICS)
What does the expression «flag in your hands» mean?
10 Classical Russian Choirs
How a snowstorm inspired Alexander Blok
Who is called a ‘teapot’ and why?
5 reasons to watch ‘Three Sisters’ — a 2026 Oscar-nominated animated movie (STILLS)
How Mozart almost came to Russia
10 plants that can only be found in Russia (PHOTOS)
4 Orthodox Saints who students in the Russian Empire prayed to (PICS)
Meet Kirill Sokolov, the latest Russian to gatecrash Hollywood (PHOTOS)
What does the expression «so life wouldn't seem like a raspberry» mean?
What Russian classic writers thought about SNOW
Where in Russia did monarchs LOVE to travel?
What does the expression «to put things on their shelves» mean?
10 animals found only in Russia! (PHOTOS)
Russian monarchs who traveled Europe (PICS)
Why didn't Vladimir Makovsky exhibit this painting? (PICS)
6 Russian idioms that hide famous place names
How ‘Komsomol Christmas’ was celebrated in the USSR (PHOTOS)
These items were given to Russia by a British Duchess
How René Clair starred in a silent movie by a Russian director
Winter morning in PAINTINGS by Russian artists
The Hermitage's legendary clock was created thanks to a British adventurer-duchess
5 facts about Russia's main New Year's Eve movie (STILLS)
6 ‘drinking’ expressions
How was New Year's Eve celebrated under the Russian empresses?
The story behind ‘Ded Moroz’, Russia’s main winter wizard (PICS)
8 horse-related expressions for all occasions
How to organize a children's New Year’s tree according to the SOVIET GOST standard (PHOTOS)
How the first Moscow Kremlin New Year’s tree was staged (PHOTOS)
When does the state of «undressing of robes» occur?
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How an English adventurer duchess ended up at the court of Catherine the Great
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