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Vladimir Lenin overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas II and founded the Soviet Union, forever changing the course of Russian politics. But was he ...

From The  Writer's Almanac : January 29 is the birthday of writer Anton Chekhov, born in Taganrog, Russia (1860). Chekhov is one of th...

White Sun of the Desert (Russian: Белое солнце пустыни; Beloye solntse pustyni) (1969), a classic 'Eastern' or Ostern film of the So...

Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet poet, writer, and singer-songwriter. He was one of the founders of the...

Travel guru Michael Palin visits Nida in Southern Lithuania to visit the extraordinary sand dunes that form a large part of the fragile nati...

“In the last three to five years, you see Russian businessmen who are in shape, who are drinking water,” Mr. Reznik said. “People have decid...

English Russia is a blog that frequently posts interesting photos from Russia "just because something cool happens daily on 1/6 of the...