Russia accepts the metric system on a voluntary basis, as formulated by Dmitry Mendeleyev. Officially accepted by the Provisional Government on April 30, 1917, and by the USSR on July 21, 1925

Russia’s Ministry of Health discussed ways vodka can affect the coronavirus (spoiler alert: not much).

Forget vodka – dessert is the best part of Russian meals.

How it was that in the eighteenth century Russian mythology was trumped-up in the Western manner? Who wanted it? And where did we get Lel, Yarilo and Zimtserla? We explain everything you'd want to know about Russian fakelore.

On this, the occasion of the great writer's 200th birthday, we offer some links to stories we have published about him over the years, as well as some cool videos. Happy reading and viewing!

What do radio, television, the periodic table, and helicopters have in common? Russians were involved in developing all of them – and more!

Peace! Land! Bread! This was the battle cry of the 1917 October Revolution (old calendar) that changed the history of Russia and indeed the entire world. Since the time of Ivan the Terrible, the tsars concentrated on centralization of their power and control. The most common way of doing this was to take power away from the nobility, appeasing them by giving them dominion over their land and workers. This soon developed into the oppressive, slave-style condition known as serfdom.