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Why did the first Soviet-American movie fail?

It had a great cast and an outstanding director. But, something went wrong...

How 18th-century medicine helped save besieged Leningrad

Scurvy was a threat to both civilians and soldiers. But then, ancient medicine recipes came to their aid.

Vladimir Lenin's life in 13 PHOTOS - Russia Beyond

Without retelling the myths and legends about ‘Grandpa Lenin’, let's turn to some confirmed facts in his biography.

How Russia conquered the fragments of the great power of the Mongols

The Crimean Khanate posed the biggest problem of all the fragments of the Golden Horde; its troops once even burned Moscow. But, in time, Russia...

The last Soviet citizen: The cosmonaut who was left behind in space

The most FAMOUS partisans in Russian history

How the Soviet Army starred in movies

The Armed Forces of the USSR even had a military unit, which had only one task - to star in movies.

3 repressed Soviet military leaders who became outstanding commanders

Why did Stalin rehabilitate the Russian Orthodox Church?

The Bolsheviks oppressed the Orthodox Church after seizing power in Russia – but Stalin, despite all his ruthlessness, changed things for better in...

How the Czechs renamed the capital of the Russian Empire

The city managed to change its name twice within a decade.