This is a rare icon called the 'Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine'.

The exotic plot about Jonah the Prophet from the Old Testament was a very rare thing to meet in Russian religious art. But ...

The imperial family's casket contained many tiaras and tiaras with huge diamonds and emeralds. What happened to them after ...

In summer, residents and guests of the metropolis can cool off from the hea and enjoy some unforgettable water activities.

Citizens of this city on the Volga will now be able to see the major works of great Russian artists without leaving town.

The tsar considered the poet as “the smartest man” in the empire, but their relationship was complicated. After Pushkin’s ...

The stained glass window with an area of about 40 square meters is a gift from the Moscow Metro to the Paris Metro. It was ...

The successful outcome of ‘Operation Overlord’ was as important to the USSR as it was to the Americans and the British ...

City residents often have to go to friends in neighboring districts to wash themselves or heat water at home in pots and ...

There are three Catholic churches in Moscow, including the largest in the country, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ...

Moscow Metro subway station ‘Vorobyovy Gory’ (then called ‘Leninskie Gory’) was first opened in 1959. It became the station ...

Some people whispered disapprovingly about the painting by the then young Ilya Repin: he got ideas from newspapers, staged a ...