The Battle of the Sit River (present day Yaroslavl Oblast) between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal.

America is a land built by immigrants. We researched famous Americans with Russian roots and offer this compilation.

Russian literature has an answer for everything. In the times of coronovirus, this is your guide.

It is a common trope that Russians never smile. Which of course is interpreted to mean they are unfriendly, gloomy, sullen – positively Dostoyevskian. This, of course, is a complete misreading of body language and cultural norms.

Soviet leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev would have been 110 on December 19. There are plenty of fun facts and surprising jokes behind the eyebrows.

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

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