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Coming apparently from the pagan times, the tales of Russian bogatyrs were preserved in the country’s lore. Were they even real? Tal

Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, Kyyiv, or Russian Kiyev, chief city and capital of Ukraine. A port on the Dnieper (Dnipro) River and a large railroad junction, it is a city with an ancient and proud history. As the centre of Kyivan (Kievan) Rus, the first eastern Slavic state, 1,000 years ago, it acquired the title “Mother of Rus Cities.” It was severely damaged during World War II, but by the mid-1950s it had been restored, and in the second half of the 20th century it enjoyed a well-developed ec...

If you’ve seen most of what Moscow has to offer and seek something else, you can easily experience a very different Russia without spending

Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of folk tales and legends with the canvases of these painters.

For a prince in ancient Russia, an earring was commonplace – just as it was for a Russian cavalryman during the Napoleonic wars. And, in Mos

We are nearing the death of the old geopolitical system and of the world order that has kept repeating itself from the medieval ages.

Architectural historian and photographer William Brumfield details the history of one of St. Petersburg’s - and Russia’s - most iconic cathedrals.

Fuchsia is a general-purpose open-source operating system created by Google. It is based on the Zircon microkernel written in C++ and is currently under active development. The developers say that Fuchsia is designed with a focus on security, updatability, and performance. As a Linux kernel hacker, I decided to take a look at Fuchsia OS and assess it from the attacker's point of view. This article describes my experiments.

Just like ‘John’ in the U.S., ‘Ivan’ has always been in abundance in Russia. This name appears to epitomize Russia. To an o

Just like ‘John’ in the U.S., ‘Ivan’ has always been in abundance in Russia.