Russia the Beautiful

Buzzfeed.com published a list of typical Russian food that may seem very strange to foreigners. We need to warn you that some of these products are normally eaten only on holidays, because they contain too many calories and, well, most of modern Russian families cook them once or twice a year just

A blogger Polly from USA, who lives in Moscow and teaches English,  made a list of her favorite metro stations. If you’ve ever had even the most cursory glance at a Moscow guide book, you’re sure to have heard about the metro system and it’s ostentatious stations. While it’s true that the stations

Kazan is the capital of the republic of Tatarstan and is a beautiful and interesting city. It is home to the Tatars - descendants of a nomadic Turkic tribe and part of the Golden Hoarde that wreaked havoc across Russia in the middle ages. Photo by fencer_dv You will see bilingual street signs and

One of the first questions guests have when planning to go to Russia is how to say "Hello". Unhappily, the answer is "Здравствуйте" (pronounced... hmmm, something like Zdravst-voo-tye). The bold guest will make several brave attempts at popular pronunciation before asking the local, "Isn't there

In the Republic of Tuva in Russian Federation there is a natural park called Uvs Nuur Basin (named after saline Uvs lake in Mongolia), which is in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list for its unique ecosystem and great number of unstudied archeological artefacts especially its burial mounds, rock