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The North can bewitch you, as Nikolai Gernet is reminded when he visits one of Russia’s most remote and attractive outposts.

A stark manifestation of Cold War fears, this hidden bunker outside London was to have housed the Prime Minister in the event of nuclear war.

In which a scholar of the great Russian-American writer goes in search of Nabokov’s other family estate.

These strange, paddle-shaped boards, painted with lively folk motifs, had both practical and symbolic significance in village life.

A witness to the turning point that was Patriarch Tikhon’s funeral, artist Pavel Korin devoted the rest of his life to putting it on canvas.

On the closure of one of the last independent broadcasters.

On the negativity of press surrounding Sochi and why we don't even try defending Russia. That's not our beat.

A look back at the odd history of "Communist Saturdays" – or how working on non-workdays was not such a big deal.

On March 23, 1714, Peter I (the Great) issued an ukaz making it illegal to break up noble estates by dividing them among multiple heirs.

On the many ways shapkas have creeped into the Russian lexicon...

A look at some recent events that made the news, but in ways not covered elsewhere.