Sredneuralsk Monastery becomes an action-packed place as police enter in search of a murder suspect.

Brought to Russia in the seventeenth century, eggplant caviar became wildly popular after a Soviet comedy movie. A Russian blogger shares her story.

With Russian teenagers in mind, plans are being made for "The First All-Russian Festival of Patriotic Rap." 

Leningrad Oblast's military commissioner has a solution to those pesky exes: send them to the army.

Leave it to Russia to come up with the absolutely most punk-rock way to remove snow. 

Tired of having to do Valentine's Day and Mother's Day separately? Try it the Russian way and combine them into International Women's Day! A closer look at this convenient holiday's socialist origins and not-so-socialist present form.

The Soviet satirical magazine Crocodile, which ran from 1922 until the 2000s, was both a government tool for propaganda as well as space for artists, comics, and writers to engage in hard social and political critique.

Surprisingly, a two-bedroom Russian apartment does not make an appropriate habitat for this 13-foot long python.  

Some little-known art from a civilian eyewitness to the Siege of Leningrad is public both at one of the blockade museums in St. Petersburg and in a new book.

A Russian gamer was forced to forfeit a cash prize of $16,000 after his dad turned off the internet.

Aeroflot is offering a short excursion flight for those interested in getting a quick taste of air travel— and wine. 

Moscow's stunning Museum of Hockey and Hockey Hall of Fame is a hidden gem with new investors ready to keep it going – hopefully for a long time to come.