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The first foreigner to become a Hero of the Soviet Union
How New Year was celebrated in besieged Leningrad (PHOTOS)
Fyodor Tolbukhin: A Tsarist officer who became a Soviet marshal
Old women’s hairstyles of the Russian Empire’s ethnic peoples (PHOTOS)
How Hitler’s nephews landed in Soviet captivity
3 best Soviet saboteurs of World War II
10 Soviet servicemen who were awarded by the U.S.
The 3 most famous female warriors in Russian history
Did you know that Peter the Great forbade building bridges in St. Petersburg?
5 Germans who became Heroes of the Soviet Union
How Russian polar explorers celebrate the New Year (PHOTOS)
Did you know that January 1 in the USSR only became a non-working day in the late 1940s?
How Soviet parents had to ‘fish out’ their kids at the Kremlin New Year’s show
Cozy winter Leningrad in Soviet retro PHOTOS
What travel was like in 19th-century Russia
3 jokes by Alexander Pushkin
The USSR’s largest SEX scandal
Siege of Leningrad in PHOTOS by Boris Kudoyarov
Russian cities during World War II vs now (Part 2)
What happened to the most famous Russian Orthodox churches after the Revolution?
What happened to Grigory Rasputin’s murderers?
What happened to Leo Tolstoy’s 13 children?
8 WEIRDEST laws & decrees of Russian tsars
Russian cities during World War II vs now (Part 1)
3 captured Soviet generals who defected to the Nazis
How allowing a child at the wheel of an Airbus led to a tragedy in Siberia
Everything you need to know about Lenin
How did a Stalinist skyscraper appear in... the capital of Poland?
8 curious facts about the ‘Millennium of Russia’ monument
How the Soviet Union helped the Western Allies land in Normandy
Cats of the Russian Empire (PHOTOS)
What alcoholic drinks did Russian tsars prefer?
How the Soviet home front lived & worked during World War II (PHOTOS)
What Russia was like in 1964 (PHOTOS)
When did Russia start celebrating International Women's Day?
Who became the very first Hero of the Soviet Union?
How Moscow dealt with flooding in the old days
Nikolai Morozov WASN’T the oldest combatant in World War II
How did Jewish music inspire Russian criminal songs?
Why were Nazis called ‘fascists’ in the USSR?
Soviet T-35: The world's ONLY mass-produced FIVE-turret tank (PHOTOS)
5 Frenchmen who became Heroes of the Soviet Union
5 German aces shot down by Soviet troops
Dmitry Yazov: The last ‘Marshal of the Soviet Union’ (PHOTOS)
A chivalric tournament? Where? At Tsarskoye Selo!
What animals were mobilized in the USSR during World War II
Which Soviet airplane was called ‘Donkey’, ‘Rat’ and ‘Fly’?
How the Swedes tried to wipe St. Petersburg off the face of the earth
Why was Novgorod a unique city in medieval Russia?
How did Vladimir Lenin die?
How did a Russian diplomat become an envoy to the English court?
What happened to Leo Tolstoy’s family after the 1917 Revolution
How the Guard in Russia overthrew & appointed monarchs
This Moscow Metro station has changed its name four times!
How Lev Yashin won the Ballon d’Or, becoming the best soccer player in Europe
Did you know that the Red Army had ‘Flying Fortresses’ from the U.S.?
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Why is there a Romanov Palace in... Uzbekistan?
How to find Belovodye, the promised land of the Russian Old Believers?
St. Petersburg during World War II vs now (PHOTOS)
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