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Three days to discover Moscow

May 23, 2012 Maria Bakhareva
The Kremlin, Arbat, and Vorobyovy Gory are on any traditional itinerary for tourists in Moscow. But if you venture off the beaten track, three days is all you’ll need to discover another face of the city

Street level Moscow

May 16, 2012 Tim Kirby
Moscow is full of interesting spots that aren’t in any guidebooks – and many of them are an affordable way to spend an afternoon in one of the world’s most expensive cities

Semyonkovo: traditional architecture of the Vologda region

May 12, 2012 William Brumfield
Vologda region has many towns and villages with rich traditions of vernacular architecture associated with a free peasantry. To preserve and propagate this heritage, the Semyonkovo open-air museum was opened in 1992

What’s Russian for “salsa”?

May 11, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
It may be a little late to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but quesadillas and tequila are good any time. RBTH looks at Moscow’s best (and worst) Mexican restaurants – which, depending on the reviewer, may be the same

Komsomolsk: Taiga to high tech

April 27, 2012 William Brumfield
Founded 80 years ago, Komsomolsk-on-Amur is one of those towns whose very existence begs the question: Why is it here at all?

Russia to launch round-the-world trip

April 27, 2012 Marina Darmaros
Russian sailors, cadets and rock musicians are planning to sail around the world, cross three oceans and visit 21 countries to mark Russia’s anniversary

The way we were: Communism revisited

April 24, 2012 Daria Gonzales
Statues, buildings and smaller mementoes of the recent past have been preserved as a reminder of Communist times

The Golitsyn Church at Dubrovitsy: A Passion for Divine art

April 13, 2012 William Brumfield
Church at Dubrovitsy represents at once an extreme of Muscovite ornamentalism and the quickening pace of Westernization that would turn Russian architecture from Byzantium to Rome

Talashkino: Reviving Russia's artistic traditions

March 23, 2012 William Brumfield
The estate of Princess Maria Tenisheva at Talashkino is located in the rolling, forested countryside to the south of Smolensk.

Ski resort with a past gets a reset

March 21, 2012 Vsevolod Pulya
The first chair lift and two trails opened March 18 in the North Caucasus resort of Arkhyz. However, the real heights at the resort are still to be scaled

Within the Russian hospital

March 15, 2012 Emma Burrows
Among the sites few tourists to Russia hope to see is the inside of a local hospital, but should such a visit be necessary, it isn’t something to fear

Ulan-Ude: A taste of Asia

March 15, 2012 Emma Burrows
A British tourist shares her experience about the trip to Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, which encompasses part of Lake Baikal

Smolensk: Russia’s western citadel

March 11, 2012 William Brumfield
The architecture of the city of Smolensk has managed to survive despite four centuries of being on Russia’s front lines

The Caucasus – Ancient traditions and a complex history

March 2, 2012 Andrei Kilyakov
The grand mountain range: a south-eastern frontier of Europe, a natural border between it and Asia and the Russian strategic junction

Totma: From the Russian North to Russian America

February 24, 2012 William Brumfield
Now a small town off the beaten path, Totma’s unique mix of architecture styles reflects its changing fortunes throughout the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

French vines take root in Altai

February 17, 2012 Sergey Teplyakov
A cross-culture experiment bears fruit in Siberia

Krasnoyarsk: Taking a break from the Trans-Siberian

February 14, 2012 Emma Burrows
On the route of the Trans-Siberian railway, the city of Krasnoyarsk is a good stop between the major destinations of Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk. Among Russian tourists, the city is known as a destination for extreme sports.

Preserving an ancient art

February 10, 2012 William Brumfield
A cathedral in the northwestern city of Pskov has preserved a remarkable set of frescoes through centuries of war and occupation

Where the polar bears roam

February 10, 2012 Alexei Bezrukov
Wrangel Island is a breeding ground for polar bears and one of the best-preserved examples of the Arctic ecosystem

Pskov: Fortress city in the Russian Northwest

January 27, 2012 William Brumfield
One of Russia's most ancient settlements, Pskov is also among the most picturesque of Russian cities
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