On the founding of the Russian Geographical Society 175 years ago.

When cosmonauts and astronauts linked up in space, it represented far more than a technological achievement.

A look at the history and cultural influence of dachas.

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.

The little-known fates of the wives of Ivan the Terrible's son.

May 5 marks the bicentennial of the birth of one of Russian history’s greatest scholars: Sergei Solovyov.

300 years of book burnings, banishments, and censorship in Russian books.

The first months of 1920 was a dark time in Russia. The Civil War was grinding to its grim conclusion and intellectuals were in the crosshairs.

Poor, unfortunate Vasily Vasilyevich Korvin-Krukovsky. He worked so hard to help his family flourish, and, at least in his eyes, it all went to waste.

Vsevolod Ivanov’s books have long since been largely forgotten, and today it is hard to decide whether or not his current obscurity is deserved.

The final shots of the First World War (“The War to End All Wars”) were fired on November 11, 1918. In Russia, this event went largely unnoticed.

The whole world knows the word “Kalashnikov.” What kind of a man was Mikhail Kalashnikov? And can we ever separate the man from the legends that surround him and his AK-47?