We have all had to experience some unplanned isolation during the pandemic. So we decided to visit some Russians who have long been living isolated lives.

A herd of camels, released by an 83-year-old pensioner, is wreaking havoc in Astrakhan region.

Was it aliens? Secret nuclear testing? Bigfoot? The Russian Prosecutor-General's office claims to have solved one of Soviet Russia's most perplexing mysteries.

A woman returns to the village of her birth and an unlikely and fateful connection ensues.

A look at the history and cultural influence of dachas.

A Siberian village names a well after a Soviet hero.

It mows and fertilizes. What could possibly go wrong?

In this week's Odder News: post-Soviet leaders propose innovative treatments for coronavirus, phone chargers go bad, and Russian buyers have an opening in the European real estate market.

As if trapped in a time warp, a remote village school in the Mari El Republic preserves a largely forgotten style of schooling, mostly cut off from the twenty-first century.

He was a talented artist but an even more gifted itinerate photographer. What he captured 120 years ago is remarkable.

In Russia, a bus ride is always more than a bus ride, especially when it stops over at Klava’s patty shop.

Life and folklore in the remote Russian Far North