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<em>Leningrad</em>, 1979.
soviet history

30,000 Hidden Images Reveal the World of a Soviet-Era Photographer

The secret trove of film and negatives, stashed in a Russian attic.
Anika Burgess April 2, 2018
Without the train, Kozlova's family would have to spend around $30 a day on taxi fares to and from her school.
trains

The Russian Train Stop That Serves One Schoolgirl

All aboard!
Natasha Frost February 9, 2018
A 1716 portrait of Catherine I by French painter Jean-Marc Nattier.
objects of intrigue

What Happened to the Severed Head of Peter the Great's Wife's Lover

Don't believe the hype.
Natasha Frost October 20, 2017
<em>Reading is Obligatory to Man</em>, a 1920 propaganda poster.
science

The 1922 Poem That Linked the Russian Revolution to Cryonics

One group of anarchist artists planned on being around a long, long time.
Ashawnta Jackson September 14, 2017
Vincas Juška (1860-1939).*
crime

The 19th-Century Lithuanians Who Smuggled Books to Save Their Language

They banded together against book burnings to fight an empire.
Michael Waters July 19, 2017
castles

This Russian Castle Is Actually a Kindergarten

Every enrolled kid can be a petite prince or princess.
Michael Waters July 7, 2017
literature

The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature

In 1920s Russia, children read about sugar beets, hydroelectric plants, and five-year plans.
Anika Burgess June 15, 2017
Permanently Closed
The original hot dog stand, shuttered in 2006
Arlington, Virginia

Pentagon Hot Dog Stand

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.
The Grand Model of Russia
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Grand Maket Rossiya (Grand Model of Russia)

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.
The Russian curlers sending a car down the ice.
cars

Curling With Compact Cars

The stakes have been raised.
Eric Grundhauser March 21, 2017
Saint Michael's Cathedral in Sitka, AK.
Sitka, Alaska

Saint Michael's Cathedral

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.
The foot bridge where dead drops occurred.
Vienna, Virginia

Foxstone Park Bridge

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.
music

Watch 167 Theremin Nesting Dolls Play Beethoven's 9th Symphony

The "Matryomin" is the instrument of the future.
Molly McBride Jacobson November 21, 2016
Potsdam, Germany

Alexandrowka

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
news

Toddler Pulled Alive From Siberian Forest After 3 Days

He subsisted on candy.
Erik Shilling September 23, 2016
rivers

A River In Arctic Russia Has Turned Blood Red

The local nickel factory denies any involvement.
Eric Grundhauser September 7, 2016
One of the markers commemorating the events in October 1981
Karlskrona Ö, Sweden

Whiskey on the Rocks

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.
nazis

Horrifying Nazi-Era Diaries of Himmler Found in Russia

A German newspaper says they've found the daily logs of the architect of the Holocaust.
Erik Shilling August 2, 2016