The jungle cat differs from domestic cats by its particularly large size - it can grow up to 12 kg. But, its tail is short and it has tufts on its ears, like a lynx. As a kitten, a jungle cat has ...

Intelligent life must be out there somewhere! Here’s our roundup of Soviet movies about encounters with extraterresital civilizations.

There is no ‘Kolobok’ or ‘Kashchei the Immortal’, but there is a talking black hen, underground kings and the Mistress of the ...

The lofty lines of Old Russian architecture, ornate examples of the Baroque style and a variety of golden and multicolored ...

Bolshevik Revolution, the ancient fortress in the heart of the city was not deserted, but became something akin to a ...

Considered the most fashionable department store in modern Moscow, TsUM (Tsentralny Universalny Magazin) was also the first place in Tsarist ...

On April 20, 1934, in addition to Lyapidevsky, the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Vasily Molokov, Nikolai Kamanin, Mavrikiy Slepnev, Mikhail Vodopyanov and Ivan Doronin.

One of the main church holidays is the Resurrection of Christ. On this day, believers exchanged greetings, saying, “Christ is ...

The Bolsheviks closed churches all over the country and then converted them for various needs, sometimes quite unbelievable.

The ideas of production automation inspired all industrialized countries back in the early 20th century and the Soviet Union ...

In 1945, the building of the German parliament had no military or political significance. However, the Soviets saw in it the ...

The ‘Russian San Francisco’, the world's largest city on permafrost and a city from whose waterfront it is possible to see ...