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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»?
What's going on in this painting by artist Vasily Perov? (PICS)
7 Russian composers who served in the military (PICS)
What does the expression «the devil himself is no brother» mean?
How French writer Alexandre Dumas discovered Russian cuisine
15 Paintings by Russian Artists about FEASTING
How to have breakfast «until the cranes (crow)» and drink «until the roosters (crow)»?
‘Russian Fairy tales’ by Vladimir Dahl
Who is ‘Curious Varvara’ and why was “her nose torn off”?
5 facts about the ‘Slavic Bazaar’ – Moscow's FIRST restaurant (PHOTOS)
How Viktor Tsoi influenced the author of ‘Johnny Mnemonic’
What does the expression «seven Fridays in a week» mean?
You won't believe what's in this building!
Meet Anastasia Venza, the new ‘Miss Russia’ 2025 (PHOTOS)
Mermaids through the eyes of Russian artists (PICS)
3 Russian fairy tales that were BANNED from publication
In this painting, you can (almost) ‘hear’ a famous song about the Volga!
Where does the ‘twinge of remorse’ lie?
What the ‘Egyptian Pavilion’ at the Ostankino Estate in Moscow looks like
This house has Pushkin & Tolstoy in… togas! But why?
5 movies in which FALL is one of the main ‘characters’
How artists depicted the ‘Russian Atlantis’ – the city of Kitezh
5 facts about Oscar-winning director Sergei Bondarchuk
What does the word ‘mayachit’ mean?
How modern artists use ‘Khokhloma’ painting style (PICS)
What did Russian classic writers think about… TEA?
What does the expression “to starve a worm” mean?
What Soviet ‘Intourist’ hotels for foreigners looked like (PHOTOS)
What’s going on in this painting by Alexander Litovchenko? (PICS)
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10 Russian proverbs from fairy tales
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