Leontiy Korennoy received 18 wounds, but refused to surrender or retreat.

The subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica was officially discovered in 1993, when scientists used satellite-based radar to survey the area, and was immediately described as the planet's greatest mystery. For 14 million years, it was completely isolated from the outside world.

Did you know that you can find cats at almost every fire station in Russia? So, what exactly do they do there?

Over 50 years have passed since the epic 'War and Peace' movie came out, but its battle scenes will still take your breath away!

Trying to ski, visiting the Bolshoi Theater and meeting ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, as well as driving a tractor and dining out with Siberian fishermen. Seems Fidel Castro had a riot during his visit to the USSR in 1963!