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On Victory Day, Russian photographers Mikhail Mordasov and Ignat Kozlov captured images of World War II veterans and young Russians who are the same age as the veterans were when they went off to fight in the war. They asked each of their subjects two questions: "What should one live for?" and "What should one be willing to die for?"

Mikhail Solunin, 28, takes us on a tour of Nizhny Novgorod, at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers.

For 45 years, the Cold War made it politically incorrect to recognize Soviet sacrifices and victories in defeating Hitler in World War II. This essay from 2010 is still relevant today.

Or, whatever the Russian version of margaritas, mariachis, and misunderstood military history might involve.

A short primer on some useful and not so acceptable bits of prison jargon.

Vasily Ivanovich Shuysky is generally treated as a minor figure in the history of the Time of Troubles, which is not just.

There is a flourishing field that defies the current sour public mood and is attracting ever increasing crowds of young people: education.

The study of history in Russia has become increasingly dangerous for anyone who fails to stick to official narratives.

The best trips are those that are unpredictable, that defy expectations and surprise you.

A family's summer vacation in the country is disturbed by a mysterious letter.

It can't be easy to make a mark in a sport where your grandfather long ago made your family name legendary, but Victor Tikhonov is giving it a snapshot.

Last fall, Russian Life editor Paul Richardson and photojournalist Mikhail Mordasov set off on a Kickstarter-funded, month-long, 6,000-kilometer road trip between Russia’s northern and southern borders.