U.S. awards were awarded to not only major Soviet military leaders and famous ace pilots, but also to ordinary privates, ...

Russian literary classics are not only dramatic plots with tragic endings, but also funny, ironic stories. We’ve picked out ...

Before 1918, distances in Russia were measured not in kilometers, but in versts. Incidentally, they differ slightly from each ...

A person who pretends to be unhappy in order to make others pity them is called a “сирота Казанская” (“sirota Kazanskaya”) or ...

Most Western movies about the participation of the USSR in the war against Nazi Germany contain many cliches and distortions of history. But, ...

Did you know that, at the beginning of the 20th century, foreigners filmed alternative movie endings for Russian audiences? It's true: ...

There are about 800 bridges in St. Petersburg! But, did you know that the founder of the city, Peter the Great, forbade building them, at first?

Russian contemporary dance doesn't have it easy. Ever since its birth it's lived in the shadow of grand Russian ballet and has been forced to constantly prove its right to exist. Many people still ...

"Antartica is probably the only place we don't air," says Dmitry Loveiko, managing director of Animaccord Animation Studio. "Even viewers in North Africa know us." This claim from the co-producer ...

RBTH a rédigé un petit guide sur le langage esthétique de l'une des œuvres les plus authentiques de la culture russe. L'icône fait partie intégrante de la culture russe et de l'héritage ...