A small city in the Far East has erected a new monument to Stalin. 

Russia's Immortal Regiment demonstrations have petered out, reflecting a distaste for grassroots patriotism.

Lenin has been on display in the Red Square for exactly a century. 

The deputy mayor of Moscow claims that Moscow is home to over 1000 centenarians. 

A few things were notably absent (and present) from this year's Victory Day parade.

Two novels and a memoir that got our reviewer thinking about literature's impact.

Why a Siberian Village is Choosing Petroglyphs Over Petroleum

Lifelong dissident Alexander Skobov was arrested in St. Petersburg, again.

In honor of the full solar eclipse visiting us in 2 weeks, we offer a few things Anton Chekhov had to say about eclipses that passed through his life.

A century after it first opened, the Jewish Museum in Moscow recreated an exhibit of Jewish avant-garde artists from Chagall to Shterenberg. 

Alexei Navalny’s death was entirely expected, and completely unacceptable.

Her pen pal was purportedly the daughter of the Last Tsarevich, who of course lived in Queens.