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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?
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 did a piece of Italy end up near Russia’s Nizhny Tagil?
When does the ‘Carrot Fast’ begin?
How did the sphinxes from Sevastopol end up… in Paris? (PHOTOS)
How Emperor Paul I challenged ALL European monarchs to a duel
Tea drinking in paintings by Russian artists (PICS)
What does the expression «to hold someone in hedgehog gloves» mean?
What’s going on in these paired paintings by Vladimir Makovsky?
Who coined the expression about Russia's two woes – fools and roads?
Alexander Radishchev: The Russian writer who suffered most for his work
How composer Rimsky-Korsakov almost became… a soldier!
How Mayakovsky brought a car from Paris for Lilya Brik (PHOTOS)
What does the expression «making an elephant out of a fly» mean?
Why do they say: «Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tatar…»?
What's going on in this painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin?
How a female Prussian lancer became a tavern owner… in Russia (PICS)
What does the expression «to wash someone’s bones» mean?
How did a Russian bell end up in… British captivity? (PICS)
How writer Mikhail Prishvin built the first Soviet motorhome (PHOTOS)
How Vladimir Mayakovsky once wrote a script for a French film
When & why do they call for a Japanese policeman in Russia?
What did classic Russian writers think about FAME?
In St. Petersburg, owls can be seen not only at night, but also during the day!
Did Alexander Nevsky ever utter the phrase about the fate of those who come to us with the sword?
Your complete guide to ALL buildings & sites of Peterhof (PHOTOS)
Who is called a ‘deaf grouse’?
6 facts about the ‘Krasny Kabachok’, an inn frequented by tsars & poets (PICS)
What's going on in Vasily Perov's painting? (PICS)
Golden fall in Karelia (PHOTOS)
What does the expression «Don’t sew a tail on a mare» mean?
The most famous DEMON in Russian literature! (PICS)
The first women heroes of the Soviet Union (PHOTOS)
6 Russian mystical love stories
Why do Russians say: «With a light steam»?
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