Rostov the Great (not to be confused with Rostov-upon-Don) acquired its name over 900 years ago in the days when Moscow was just a tiny wooden fortress. The current population of the city is 37,000.
Rostov is located on Lake Nero on the northern border of the Opolye district, a key area for agriculture. It was [...]

Moscow has a great Middle Eastern styled restaurant that is definitely worth a visit, especially if you and a friend are out are on a romantic date with some sexy Russian women. Nefertiti located at 8 Ul. Sergiya Radonezhskogo was named after Egyptian royalty and features a Moroccan style with a Lebanese and European menu [...]

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin passed away in a Kremlin hospital from heart failure on Monday at the age of 76. He died at 3:45 p.m. according to the Kremlin’s top doctor, Sergei Mironov, as a result of progressive cardiovascular and multiple organ failure.
There where concerns about his health when he did not attend the [...]

There was an exhibition recently of the works of Olga Rozanova at the State Tretyakov Gallery. The works are part of a personal collection of materials that were discovered in Germany and subsequently purchased by a Russian citizen.
The archive of her work contains early sketches and drawings in addition to personal papers and letters. Rozanova [...]

A fringe music festival opened Thursday in St Petersburg and kicks into high gear Friday night. One of the groups performing at the 11th Sergei Kuryokhin International Festival (or SKIF11) is the Canadian band NoMeansNo. The group is a trio that mixes jazz and punk into an eclectic sound.
Other groups that will be featured this [...]