Aram Khachaturian, Mikael Tariverdiev, David Tukhmanov, Iosif Kobzon, Lyudmila Zykina, Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, Filipp Kirkorov, Valeriya, Polina Gagarina, and Shaman. All…
How a peasant from Karelia became the greatest master of Fabergé eggs
Mikhail Perkhin was an amazing employee at Carl Fabergé’s firm – and the only Orthodox and Russian-born jeweler. And, at…
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 did Leo Tolstoy look for his love?
The writer’s wife occupies a special place in the history of Russian culture. As Gorky wrote, she was given a…
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…
Why did Leo Tolstoy run away from home?
Deep in the night of November 10, 1910, the then 82-year-old writer secretly packed up and left his home and…
