Russian farewell - До свидания!
Time has come say Russian farewell. Three months went like nothing, and time flew away. I'll tell you shortly my impression, when I ...
Famous murders in St. Petersburg
Mikhailovsky Castle. 1801. The murder of Paul I
Also known as Inzhenerny Castle. Paul I built it for himself as an impenetrable ...
The History of the Russian Country home - Dacha (Дача)
The history of the Russian Country home - Dacha, is diverse. The word “dacha” originated in the 17th century from the ...
Russian Banya (Русская баня)
I wrote before about the Latvian saunas, it is time to talk about Russian banya now, which are very similar due to their development under the ...
On January 31, 1714, Russian Emperor Peter I, aspiring to boost the literacy level amongst teenage members of the nobility, issued his decree only allowing young men to get ...
If you go to Riga, then you should try to get to a Latvian Sauna. If you have been too long in Russia (I assumed you have tried the Russian Banya). First of all, I'm going ...
What is the Leningrad Siege?
In the early hours of 22 June 1941, Hitler's Germany attacked Stalin's Soviet Union. World War II had come to Russia. For Leningrad, the war ...
If you want to meet a ghost and chat with spirits, you don’t need to travel to Transylvania, just take a walk around Moscow, which has an arsenal of nerve-tingling myths and ...
Tea time in Russia has a special importance. Tea has an incredible popularity everywhere in the world and each country has its own preferences and traditions but I'll explain ...
January 25th (January 12th Old Style) is commemorates the death of the 3rd Century Christian martyr, St. Tatiana of Rome. St. Tatiana was a pious young woman, who was brought ...
I have found an interesting topic to talk about now that recently I have studied briefly the subject religion in my class. I could not understand why all these countries have ...
The Riga Central Market is considered a unique attraction among all Europe; it opened its doors in 1930 and was recognized not only as the largest, but also the best and most ...
