The largest child rescue operation of the Great Patriotic War was led by a 24-year-old schoolteacher. In the summer of…
Five Sisters: The Gnesin Story
Aram Khachaturian, Mikael Tariverdiev, David Tukhmanov, Iosif Kobzon, Lyudmila Zykina, Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, Filipp Kirkorov, Valeriya, Polina Gagarina, and Shaman. All…
How a British aristocrat fell in love with Russia & taught the entire kingdom to love it
Maurice Baring was one of the few who went to Russia not on a wave of hype, but driven by…
How the French perfumed all of Tsarist Russia
Alphonse Rallet’s perfume factory was founded back in the mid-19th century. Its founder and his successors not only supplied fragrances…
How Russian sailors rescued Italians during a horrific earthquake
The Italian city of Messina and its surroundings still remembers the heroism of Russian sailors who came to the aid…
