No one knows why these cakes were given the name “lemon cakes”, because apart from color and acidish, they have little in common with citrus. The ready availability of the ingredients, however, helped this dessert win the respect of the Soviet people.

On December 4, 2020, Russia launched large-scale vaccination against the novel coronavirus with its Sputnik V vaccine. Starting from January 18, by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a mass vaccination campaign is to begin across the country. How many Russians have already been vaccinated, what side effects occur in the first days after the jab, and who is forced to get inoculated under threat of dismissal?

The whole world is now mad about the Covid-19 vaccine. In Russia, grafting has always been a part of routine. Kids got several vaccines, animals were massively grafted, while the first experiences appeared in Tsarist times. Let’s take a look at some archive photos.

Historian and architecture expert William Brumfield discovers the heart of one of central Russia’s most historic cities.

Both paternal and maternal ancestors of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, have something to do with Russia and its Imperial family.