Did you know that, at the beginning of the 20th century, foreigners filmed alternative movie endings for Russian audiences? It's true: movie fans in the Russian Empire appreciated dramatic ...

During the ‘Battle of the Dnieper’ in the Fall of 1943, Junior Lieutenant Bakhtin and a group of soldiers captured a bridgehead on the right bank of the river and held it for two days until ...

Founded in 1255 by the Teutonic Knights, Königsberg became part of the USSR after World War II. In 1946, it changed its name to Kaliningrad. Here are three of its main symbols. The famous German ...

Before 1918, distances in Russia were measured not in kilometers, but in versts. Incidentally, they differ slightly from each other: one verst is 500 sazhens or 1066.8 meters. Verst posts were ...

Founded in the 12th century, Veliky Ustyug is the same age as Moscow. Today, it is home to 28,000 people and even a real Father Frost. Here are three of its main symbols. Veliky Ustyug is the ...

Most Western movies about the participation of the USSR in the war against Nazi Germany contain many cliches and distortions of history. But, ...