In Western Russia, between the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland, there is a forest whose peculiar anomaly continues to be a real head scratcher for scientists, as well as an exciting mystery for tourists.

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

Traveler Andrey Enkin has covered 33,000 kilometers in his pickup truck. He saw Russia as you have probably never seen before.

Agriculture was always an essential Russian pursuit from very ancient times. We look at how the Bolsheviks promoted it.

The camaraderie between Russian men is widely praised, so it’s no wonder Russians have an array of words for ‘friend’, each of them carrying a slightly different meaning.