Russia

5 min read

• Food

Pastila, the historic russian treat that turns apples into marshmallows

7 months ago Ivan

1 min read

• Weather

Diomede Islands, the islands of yesterday, today and tomorrow

1 year ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Sport

Armboxing – one of the world’s weirdest contact sport

1 year ago Robin

1 min read

• Breaking News

The curious story of the Russian Company that lays a strawberry-scented asphalt road

1 year ago Robin

2 min read

• Sport

Car-jitsu – the contact sport only practiced in cars

1 year ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Hematogen: the legendary Russian candy bar made with cow blood

2 years ago Robin

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Magic of the Wishing Doll (and how to make it….)

2 years ago Pavel

5 min read

• Random Christmas 2021

December 13#: Red Square – Moscow and Russian New Year Yolka

2 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

Zmei Gorynich: the life-size fire-breathing, three-headed dragon statue in Russia

2 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Motors

“Carpets”: the most Soviet-Era car ever made!

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Kissel: the dessert that’s also a meal

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Food

Pine Cone Preserves: a sweet jam made from soft young cones believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Gamsutl: nestled high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned russian village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

3 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Legend of the drowned city of Kitezh submerged in Svetloyar Lake

3 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

King Frost, a Russian winter legend

3 years ago Robin

6 min read

• Random Christmas 2020

3# The story of Babushka and the three kings

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Food

Russian Napoleon Cake, the traditional dessert that commemorates the country’s sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

3 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Breaking News

Would you like to buy a living, breathing wish-granting cat for $127,000?

3 years ago Danilo G.

3 min read

• Breaking News
• Music

Dustyesky: the leading genuine fake Russian choir in Southern Hemisphere

4 years ago Robin

3 min read

• History

#March 5, 1953: Dictator and mass murderer Stalin goes to his grave

4 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The splendid grave of the dancer Rudol’f Nureev covered by a rug like mosaic

4 years ago Robin

5 min read

• History

Vyborg: Once Finland’s 2nd most influential city, now only a small provincial town somewhere in Russia

4 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

Oymyakon: the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth

4 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Travel

The beautiful tiny church of St. Andrew on the Vuoksa River – Russia

4 years ago Pavel

5 min read

• History

Leonid Rogozov: the man who cut out his own appendix

4 years ago Pavel

1 min read

• Art and Photography

Nikita Golubev, the artist who turns dirty cars into works of Art

4 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dargavs Village: City of the Dead

5 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The incredible story of the man who fed a family of Polar Bears in Siberia.

5 years ago Pavel

1 min read

• Art and Photography

Eduard Gordeev: an Impressionist Cityscape photographer

5 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Art and Photography

The Splendid Waves of the 19th century paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky.

5 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Shirokorechenskoe: the Incredible Cemetery of the Russian Gangsters.

5 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• History
• Motors

SVL: the Very Fast Soviet jet-propelled Train of 1970

5 years ago Adam

3 min read

• History

The Hermitage in St.Petersburg maintains still today a Colony of Cats to keep the Museum free from mice.

5 years ago Adam

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

The Mystery of the Medieval Fortress of Por-Bajin in Siberia.

5 years ago Pavel

8 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The accident at the Dyatlov pass: the most disturbing alpine mystery of the 20th century

5 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• History

Transnistria, the country that doesn’t exist.

5 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• History

Schwellenpflug: the “Rail Wolf” used by Germans in retreat.

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

A regular upside down house in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

6 years ago Pavel