I study at Durham University, which is twinned with the Russian city of Kostroma, located North-East of Moscow. This connection between the cities has led to me learning a ...
It may seem that the tourist trail in St Petersburg is all about the city's imperial past: the palaces of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, the Peter and Paul Fortress ...
Contrary to what many people might imagine, Soviet supermarket shelves were not stacked with rows of brand-less commodities. In fact, the process of brand-creation was closely ...