From a 17th century priest’s biography and Pushkin’s prose to modern writers - these translations of both contemporary and classic books are definitely worth your time. Add them to your ...

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Evgeny Biyatov/Sputnik; Legion Media; Ural-66, Yolya, Ivtorov CC BY-SA 4.0) Hearty soups, tender desserts, fluffy pastry… Russian cuisine includes a huge number of dishes ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. We have traced how the architecture of Russian churches changed from ancient times to present ...

Ajay Kamalakaran, an Indian who has been separated from Russia by the pandemic, writes about his favourite city in the country. When a resident of Moscow or St. Petersburg hears from a foreigner ...

Soviet Union, the Congress of Soviets, Soviet of Federation – the word has been and is still widely used in Russia, but what does it exactly mean? During the Soviet times, the USSR was often ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. During the 70 years of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the number of ...

In ancient Russian cities, you can see crosses in a circle, more traditional of Celtic societies. We investigate how they got there. In Veliky Novgorod, one of Russia’s oldest cities, some ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. Konstantin Stanislavsky’s ideas changed the face of theater as much as Albert Einstein’s ...

To describe the Soviet penal system, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who survived eight years of Gulag incarceration, wrote a massive book titled ‘Archipelago Gulag’ after collecting hundreds of ...

Queen Elizabeth II, along with various British duchesses and princesses, can regularly be seen wearing sapphires and pearls that once came from the Russian Empire. After the 1917 Revolution, many ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. What is it that makes a children’s book get read over and over again, like a prayer shared ...

Even Queen Elizabeth II has some old pieces of jewelry that once belonged to the Russian royal family. The diamond, emerald and sapphire tiaras of the Romanov dynasty were remarkable for their ...