From a post-apocalyptic, epidemic-hit Russia to a mystical forest, biotech monsters and a school taken over by a maniac teacher, we review the most spine-chillingly addictive games created by Russian indie developers.

All were built but later changed their function, weren’t opened, or had technical issues – below are the ‘ghost stations’ of Moscow’s underground transport network.

Yuri Gagarin became a hero to millions of people when he blasted off Earth into space and orbited the planet in 1961. Initially, the man with the lady-killer smile was just one of the nineteen future cosmonauts, secretly selected for the Soviet space program.

The ‘Metelitsa’ was a Soviet all-female team of ski enthusiasts and explorers who beat men in what had previously been considered only men’s territory.

Historian and architecture expert William Brumfield discovers the sites and history of one of the most notable religious ensembles in the Russian north.