Natalya Dolzhikova decided on a change of career after working as a village school teacher for 30 years - she now drives a huge Kamaz truck and travels around the country. And she is not the only one.

This is one of the most terrifying pages in Soviet history, devoted to the forced industrialization and remote lands’ development at the expense of human lives.

Despite all the madness of this year, new translations of Russian literature are still being published in English. And here are some of the most noteworthy works including solid classics, new translations, and brand new contemporary novels.

These buildings look like they belong in medieval Europe and may come as a revelation even for people who know the city well.

American astronauts have been aboard the International Space Station three times more than the Russians. But there’s a very good reason for that.