Nukes get names, a truck becomes a camera, and an old church gets a fresh look.

On International Women's Day, our Children of 1917 project, and a colleague who will be missed.

In this issue’s Uchites, we look at New Year’s by reading a very old text and learning a popular children’s song.

Our last stop on the Children of 1917 expedition was Finland, namely Tampere, the country's second largest city, where we met our final two heroes.

On July 8, Russia celebrates the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, a holiday aimed at promoting traditional family values, more commonly known as Fevronia's Day. What's it all about?

What is Ilya's Day and what does Thor have to do with it?

The Great Lent is forty days when the Church is involved in repentance, fasting, prayer and almsgiving.

Russia's Maslenitsa week has begun! So what's it all about?

Are you sure you know how to appease the Fire Monkey and get your New Year off to a good start? We have tips! Learn how to decorate your house, what food to serve, and what to wear to ensure good luck in 2016.

There are known and lesser known holidays celebrated each spring. Let's review.

International Womens' Day; Russia honors the role of all women in Russian culture.

As a special gift, we share a somewhat untypical holiday story, reprinted from the pages of Chtenia, by the master humorist and short story writer Mikhail Zoshchenko.