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History
What was going on in Russia when the ‘Great Depression’ began in the United States?
How a Russian emperor once became the head of the Order of Malta
American architect who helped build the whole USSR
Only these two became four-time ‘Heroes of the Soviet Union’
Why did Japan refuse to invade the USSR during World War II? (VIDEO)
How Alexander III found himself at the epicenter of a train crash (PICS)
What was going on in Russia when the Reformation began in Germany?
What Russia was like in 1916 (PHOTOS)
Did you know that there's a ‘Doomsday’ radio station operating in Russia?
Why did Beethoven dedicate his sonatas to a Russian tsar?
How Alexander Pushkin once fought with the Russian army
How the Red Army got B-17 'Flying Fortresses' (VIDEO)
Is it true that Stalin once robbed banks?
Did you know that Tsar Ivan the Terrible was a writer?
What Russia was like in 1906 (PHOTOS)
7 facts about Empress Anna Ioannovna (PICS)
The first Russian to fly in a… hot air balloon!
What was happening in Russia while the Wars of the Roses were raging in England?
How Soviet cavalrymen fought for… the TSAR!
How a Canadian tried to take an ISLAND from Russia
What did Arabs do under the Russian emperors?
What was going on in Russia during the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
How the Vietnamese once helped defend… Moscow from the Nazis!
How the Soviet Union’s LARGEST bank heist was pulled off (PHOTOS)
5 little-known facts about Lenin's Mausoleum
What was going on in Russia when the era of Louis XIV, the ‘Sun King’, ended?
How the children of Russian Emperors got up to mischief
4 Orthodox Saints who students in the Russian Empire prayed to (PICS)
How the first PET cemetery appeared in Tsarist Russia (PHOTOS)
How a close associate of Nicholas II's family became a Soviet comedic actor
How the USSR tried to build a subterrene
Why did Stalin promote a simple captain to general? (VIDEO)
Where in Russia did monarchs LOVE to travel?
How the Czechs RENAMED the capital of the Russian Empire (VIDEO)
Why did every peasant woman dream of working as a WET NURSE in Tsarist Russia?
What should Russians avoid doing between Christmas & Epiphany to avoid trouble?
What was going on in Russia during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris?
'Tsarist News': Peter I chops off beards! (VIDEO)
How a simple thief became a famous Moscow detective
Who are the Tofalars, an ethnic people lost in the Sayan taiga (PHOTOS)
What was going on in Russia when the Aztec Empire fell?
Russian monarchs who traveled Europe (PICS)
3 women who DISGUISED themselves as men during the war (PICS + PHOTOS)
19th century St. Petersburg through the eyes of Alfred Lawrence (PHOTOS)
Winter Soviet Moscow in PHOTOS by Boris Kosarev
Did Russians participate in… the Crusades?
Who was the most famous Soviet cartoonist? (POSTERS)
Was Peter I replaced in Europe? (VIDEO)
How ‘Komsomol Christmas’ was celebrated in the USSR (PHOTOS)
The worst tragedy in the Soviet Navy since World War II
What was going on in Russia during the First Crusade?
Who were the state peasants in the Russian Empire?
Why is the balaclava headgear named after a Russian city?
How was New Year's Eve celebrated under the Russian empresses?
The story behind ‘Ded Moroz’, Russia’s main winter wizard (PICS)
How Russians celebrated New Year & Christmas in the 19th century
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)
How did Soviet leaders celebrate the New Year?
Why is the ‘sbiten’ maker considered a street symbol of Tsarist Russia?
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