On this day in 1957, Nikita Khrushchev survived an ouster vote. It gave him another 7 years in power.

Russia-watchers sometimes encounter the idea that Moscow is the "Third Rome." But where does this idea come from, and what does it mean?

This week's Odder News reads like a bad movie, full of forgotten headstones, zombies, and a disagreement settled with firearms.

A Russian colorist of historical photos has been banned from social media for her work.

A swimming pool for the disabled is set to be built in an unorthodox location.

The life of Rasputin's daughter, Maria, was full of twists and turns almost as dramatic as her father's, and took her deep into the American heartland.

Here's a #TBT for you with some interesting variety: a poet, a pilot, and a natural disaster.

The Moscow Zoo laments the loss of an 84-year-old, WW2-veteran alligator.

Saturn, a Mississippi alligator, saw Hitler and survived the Battle of Berlin. A tribute to the Moscow Zoo's greatest reptile.

A Siberian village names a well after a Soviet hero.

A grassroots campaign to remember the WWII fallen goes south.

Peter Guppy of Prosperity Hardware thinks he has a Kazimir Malevich painting on his hands.