This week's we feature a smattering of things that are somewhere they shouldn't be, including drugs, tanks, mammoths, kids, and (of course) Lenin.

June 22, 2020, marks the 79th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia that changed the course of WWII and, perhaps, history itself.

In these difficult times, let’s celebrate life. Specifically, five Russians (from a diplomat to an conductor to an activist) who happen to share today, June 4, as their birthday.

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

Despite a quarantine, Russians still managed to join together to celebrate Victory Day (from their balconies).

A Siberian village names a well after a Soviet hero.

Some of the best Russian and Soviet films about World War II that you can stream online.

On the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, we offer two excerpts from a new translation of Viktor Nekrasov’s In the Trenches of Stalingrad.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II this May, we look back at how Soviet and Russian cinema has depicted the war.

This little-known treaty actually set the stage for the devastation of Europe that was to come.

30 restored T-34 tanks have arrived in Moscow and now await Victory Day.

If Russia has its way, NATO training would be postponed. Not because of coronavirus, but to preserve the memory of the dead of World War II.