Short film 'Come and Play' wins the Discovery Prize at Cannes
Film director Daria Belova from St. Petersburg, who is currently studying at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, has been awarded the Discovery Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her short “Come and Play” (“Komm und Spiel”)
The centennial of "The Rite of Spring", Ballets Russes
A hundred years ago, the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris witnessed the scandalous premiere of "The Rite of Spring" with sets and costumes by Nicholas Roerich, performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
25 years since the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan
Twenty five years since the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan, Russia once again enters the country. This time it’s the film crew seeking those who have personal memories of the deadliest armed conflict of the 1980s.
Film brings Soviet hockey legend to life
USSR-Canada rivalry remembered in new film about hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov
Star-crossed lovers found each other 60 years after wartime romance
A Russian Red Army veteran relives his love for a German girl and their romance amid the ruins
Grandparents' bravery inspires amateur film-makers
The amateur WW2 feature film "Rzhev 43" was shot on location near Tver. The movie is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Rzhev, a Soviet City of Military Glory, from the Nazi invaders.
A sacred military obligation: To find and bury the war dead
In Russia there are several volunteer history groups that search for and bury remains of fallen soldiers. It is a sacred military obligation to fallen troops and their families.
Great Gamble: How NATO can apply the Soviet experience in Afghanistan
Gregory Feifer, a former correspondent of National Public Radio (NPR) and the author of the book “The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan” talked to RBTH to share his views on the Afghan crisis and NATO-Russia cooperation
Frightful memories of the Second World War's veterans
Twenty-year old soldiers who fought in the World War II are now past eighty. Few are still alive. And yet, some are still active despite their age, as opposed to a lot of their peers.
Russian Summer camp: A mix of recreation and army-like discipline
Summer camps sprang into existence in Russia during the Soviet times. Today they combine recreational activities, army-like discipline and practical jokes for school-aged children – a tradition that goes back several decades
Legendary Inca gold on display in Moscow
Moscow’s Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opened a new exhibition – “1000 years of gold of the Incas’. It features over 80 unique gold and silver objects originating from the Inca Empire.
Treasures of Imperial Russia on display in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Modern Russia has inherited the legacy of both Czarist Russia and the Soviet Union. Over the country’s thousand-year history, it has created treasures that are now in grandiose museums
Visit Peterhof, Russian Versaille
We went to the Russian Versailles to marvel at a Napoleonic ball, learn the history of the many Peterhof’s statues and find out how a trick fountain can make tourists get wet.
Miraculous history of the Ioanno-Bogoslovsky Monastery
The male monastery of Ioan Bogoslov is situated about 25 km from the city of Ryazan, Oka riverside. The first monks arrived here between the XII and XII centuries. During the Soviet years many of the monks left the monastery, others were arrested an
Muscovites petition to save architectural monument
A masterpiece of avant-garde Russian architecture – the house of architect Konstantin Melnikov – is on the verge of ruin
Attitude of Russians to Lenin becomes more moderate - poll
Russians have become more reserved in their attitudes to Vladimir Lenin and they do not support the idea of returning the name of Leningrad to St. Petersburg, according to a poll taken ahead of the birth anniversary of the Russian revolutionary (Apri
Russian Military History Society angered by German World War II documentary
The Russian Military History Society has accused the Our Mothers, Our Fathers documentary, which was broadcast by the ZDF German television station, of humiliating millions of Nazi victims and attempting to vindicate Nazism
Why Russia will not forget the Iron Lady
On the day of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Konstantin von Eggert, former editor-in-chief of the Moscow Bureau of the BBC, reflects on the legacy left to the Russian intelligentsia by the Iron Lady
Veliky Novgorod celebrates historic milestone in style
Veliky Novgorod celebrates historic milestone in style. A two-day festival of historical reenactment is dedicated to the 771st anniversary of the legendary Battle of the Ice of 1242.
On the 70th anniversary of Aristarkh Lentulov's death
Russian painter Aristarkh Lentulov was one of the initiators of the Jack of Diamonds group, which also included Vassily Kandinsky, Petr Konchalovsky, Kazimir Malevich, and others...