The USSR was obviously not the "evil empire" it was made out to be by capitalist propaganda. But it would also be wrong to portray it as a land of universal justice and plenty. We asked former ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. Konstantin Stanislavsky’s ideas changed the face of theater as much as Albert Einstein’s ...

Global Look Press, Legion Media, Public domain The Bolsheviks oppressed the Orthodox Church after seizing power in Russia – but Stalin, despite all his ruthlessness, changed things for better in ...

Russia sells more wheat than any other country in the world. At the same time, its domestic grain consumption is growing, too. So how did Russia manage to achieve this breakthrough in wheat exports?

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. From the Arctic Circle to Kazakhstan, from the western borders to the Far East — the Gulag ...

To describe the Soviet penal system, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who survived eight years of Gulag incarceration, wrote a massive book titled ‘Archipelago Gulag’ after collecting hundreds of ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. During the 70 years of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the number of ...

Oleg Gordievsky is listed among the most damaging double agents in the history of the KGB. When British intelligence officer Michael Bethany contacted the KGB with an offer of cooperation and ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. From chaos and crime to freedom and opportunity - this period in Russian history was sort of a ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. People who grew up in the USSR do not remember any wheelchair ramps or specialized restrooms ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. This is the most popular variety of cooked sausage in the USSR and in post-Soviet republics.

These so-called vory v zakone - or zakonniki (‘Thieves in Law’) are the kings of the criminal underworld. This group of respected bigshots, who control the majority of the criminal world, both ...