Freemasonry came to Russia in 1731 when Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England Lord Lowell appointed Captain John Phillips Grand Master of Russia, who subsequently preached among a small circle of ...

From chaos and crime to freedom and opportunity - this period in Russian history was sort of a roller coaster ride - one we commonly refer to as the “wild 90s”. Do you remember a time before iPhones ...

So little is known about his private life, but these dames got to know the polarizing character far better than most. It was said that Stalin's first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze, was so shy that she ...

The Russian royal family had numerous palaces, mansions and dachas (summer houses) throughout Russia (and what is now, in some cases, abroad) and many of them are veritable architectural masterpieces.

After lending support to the annexation of a vast portion of Romanian territories, Adolf Hitler promised to re-establish Great Romania with Soviet lands. On June 22, 1941, at 03:15, Romania entered ...

They are still much loved in modern Russia. Considered better than most by many, these songs perfectly transmit the feelings of people who survived the most brutal war in human history. Originally ...

During the 70 years of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the number of constituent parts changed, but most of the time there were 15 of them. Here is the list. In the beginning ...

The home of perhaps the most famous Russian pugilist Khabib Nurmagomedov looks no different to the several dozen neighboring ones. And exactly the same as it did many years ago, before the frenzy of ...

Under Stalin (ruled 1922-1953), the USSR developed at a lightning pace: new large-scale projects such as hydroelectric stations, canals and railways were built in record time. But what was really ...

What happened to a parachute tower that used to stand in the country's main amusement park and how much did it cost to ride an airplane carousel? We look back at some of Soviet children’s favorite ...

The Russian state received a huge territory stretching to the upper Oka and Dnepr rivers with 19 border towns, including Chernihiv, Gomel, Novgorod-Siversky, and Bryansk. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

The Mount Olympus of Soviet Russia was too cramped for two egos of such colossal proportions. With Bolshevik power still hanging by a thread, they were already at each other’s throats. Among the ...