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Learn a brand new Russian slang word! (VIDEO)
Who was the Russian soldier who impressed Napoleon? (VIDEO)
The mysterious labyrinths of the Russian North: Why were they built? (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Poshlost' (VIDEO)
The French King fled Russia TWICE! (VIDEO)
The dog that survived the execution of the royal family (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Беспредел' (VIDEO)
Why a spoon 'lies' and a cup 'stands' on the table! (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Подвиг' (VIDEO)
Soviet troops fought on Harley-Davidsons in World War II! (VIDEO)
Is it true that a Russian emperor staged his own death & became a hermit? (VIDEO)
How to count years in Russian! (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Разгуляться' (VIDEO)
Why Russians always use the reflexive pronoun 'свой' (VIDEO)
The Soviet doll that never falls over! (VIDEO)
Why was the French kiss known as a 'Tatar kiss' in Old Russia? (VIDEO)
How to count cats & cash in Russian? (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Avos' (VIDEO)
How ancient medicine saved Leningrad during World War II (VIDEO)
What is 'BLACK' heating? (VIDEO)
Why are Russian sport fans 'sick' of their teams? (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Davai' (VIDEO)
Who were Stalin's wives and what happened to them? (VIDEO)
A fountain that UNITED all the Soviet republics! (VIDEO)
How did Russia say goodbye to Peter the Great? (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Душа' (VIDEO)
What's inside the most BEAUTIFUL house in old Moscow?
This Soviet woman created the first «live» plague vaccine (VIDEO)
Did the last tsar's daughter Anastasia actually SURVIVE? (VIDEO)
The largest helicopter in the world! (VIDEO)
Why did Russians riot because of… potatoes? (VIDEO)
Untranslatable Russian: 'Toska' (VIDEO)
No, Moscow was NOT built on seven hills! (VIDEO)
How did ‘shchi’ soup become a symbol of Russian cuisine? (VIDEO)
The best Soviet armored train (VIDEO)
A REAL Romanov crown at a beauty pageant? (VIDEO)
How Prokudin-Gorsky took COLOR photos more than 100 years ago (VIDEO)
What was Nicholas II's THIRD daughter like? (VIDEO)
Why do Russians use brackets instead of smileys? (VIDEO)
This is the best Soviet tank of World War II (VIDEO)
How Soviet dogs fought against the Nazis? (VIDEO)
The most impressive monument to World War I in Russia (VIDEO)
What was the name of Nicholas II's second daughter? (VIDEO)
The Russian flag – when and how did it appear? (VIDEO)
How Vladimir Lenin was once robbed (VIDEO)
One of the most beautiful spots in Moscow! (VIDEO)
Who was the ONLY female admiral in the Russian Navy?
Why did Stalin REFUSE to rescue his son from Nazi captivity? (VIDEO)
How did Nina Sokolova become the FIRST Soviet female diver? (VIDEO)
Why did peasants in Old Rus' seek out 'witches'? (VIDEO)
The most CATASTROPHIC Western spy failures in USSR history (VIDEO)
How Chinese bandits terrorized the Russian Empire (VIDEO)
What did the Red Army eat during World War II? (VIDEO)
These are Moscow's OLDEST restaurants! (VIDEO)
Why did the USSR have nightlife only intended for foreign tourists, but not Soviets? (VIDEO)
Why were the Chukchi considered great warriors? (VIDEO)
What was Olga, the eldest daughter of Nicholas II, like? (VIDEO)
Can you name any traditional Russian headdresses? (VIDEO)
What kind of person was Nicholas II's only son? (VIDEO)
Did Rasputin really have a healing gift? (VIDEO)
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