Two stories about Russian chocolate. It is not easy to say when chocolate appeared in Russia . According to one version , Peter the…
Why Russian Christmas is on 7th of January and not on 25th of December? Christmas is the second most important church festival after Easter for all Christians…
So what’s the difference? First of all , the shape . Catholic cross is four-pointed and Russian Orthodox can be also four-pointed and eight-pointed…
Tsar Alexander I Ordered to construct new Impressive Cathedral in commemoration of the Victory over Napoleon . It was planned to be built it…
Moscow Travel Tips “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu I collected some quick references, information …
Russian Pelmeni ( Russian Dumplings ) Russian pelmeni is one of the most popular Russian Foods . Which has very interesting history . According…
Russian Cuisine Russia is a huge country . From the East to the West, it extends for more than 10,000 km. Russia is also…
Matryoshka Doll . For century’s , Russia was very rich for wood . That’s why wood carving became very traditional for the country .…
Gzhel Gzhel is a kind or Russian ceramics of white-blue colour , produced in the village of present Moscow region area ( around 60…