After the death of the Russian Revolution leader, the government announced an all-Soviet contest to create the best mausoleum on the Red Square. We’ve highlighted some of these ambitious ideas of 1925!

Despite her extraordinary feat, Ekaterina Zelenko was awarded the posthumous title of Hero of the Soviet Union only half a century later.

As consumers around the world wake up to the devastating effects of animal protein on the environment and animal welfare, plant-based “meats” are appearing on the menus of Moscow restaurants, and not only the strictly vegan ones.

There are whole online communities in Russia unhappy about the use of foreign words in Russian speech. How are they managing to remedy the situation?

The list comprises the most outstanding of early Soviet movies, from an eccentric sci-fi flick to an avant-garde drama about the revolution.