Ryabushinsky Mansion: Gorky House Museum
The Gorky House, in other words the Ryabushinsky Mansion [особняк Рябушинского] is an architectural masterpiece built in Art-Nouveau ...
Gogol's House
To say that Russia has a rich literary history would be an understatement. Russia has produced some of the greatest writers of all time, whose distinctive ...
Bunker 42 Practical Information
Location: 5 minute walk from Taganskaya Station on the Circle Line
Tour Length: 45 minutes
Tour Cost: 1850 rubles for the Basic Tour, plus ...
Russian poetry is famous all over the world for its great number of talented writers. Within the best renowned we can find the names of: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoj, ...
Moscow Kremlin is one of the most famous constructions in the world!
Students studying Russian with us wanted to pay it a visit! Read about their experience !
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Today I’d like to continue to talk about art and music of the russian culture. Within some days (May 7) will be the birthday of one of the most famous russian ...
May has officially begun! And in Russia this means that also the “майские праздники” (May holidays) had started. Russian people really loves these holidays because they ...
This year, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) celebrated its 260th anniversary. It is therefore no surprise that this longstanding educational institution is steeped in ...
“Novgorod” comes from the Old Church Slavonic Новъ and Городъ, and literally translates as “new city”. Although Veliky Novgorod means “Great New City”, the name is somewhat ...
Imagine being forced to pay tax for having facial hair. For Russian men this became a reality on the 5th of September in 1698 when Peter the Great imposed a beard tax. If ...
“Rundāle” comes from the German place name Ruhenthal (Valley of Peace), yet Rundāle Palace has not had the most peaceful existence since its construction in 1768…
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Understandably, visitors to Saint Petersburg might be a bit surprised and confused when they discover that there is a monument «Памятник Альфреду Нобелю» honouring Alfred ...