Dmitri Mendeleev and the Periodic Table. The History of the Discovery
There's a scene in the history of science that one wants to retell endlessly. A Petersburg professor compiled a table of all known elements and left in it...
June 10, 2026
How many people speak Russian in the world. Facts and statistics
On the face of it, the question is simple: how many people in the world speak Russian. But there is no exact answer. The numbers in different…
June 10, 2026
Russian loanwords in English. Words you know
If you say the word "babushka" to an Englishman or an American, they'll most likely think not of a kind old woman, but of a headscarf,...
June 9, 2026
Saint Petersburg. What to see and how to spend 3 days
Petersburg stands on water, and water is the main architect here. The city is cut through by rivers and canals, its palaces are reflected in the Neva, bridges...
June 9, 2026
What to see in Russia. 20 places worth visiting
The main difficulty with traveling in Russia is that the country is immensely vast, and there simply isn't a single "Russia" for a traveler...
June 9, 2026
Russian mathematicians and scientists who changed the world
Several years ago, a story happened that shocked the whole world. A mathematician from St. Petersburg was awarded a million-dollar prize for solving a problem that had been...
June 8, 2026
The Russian Revolution of 1917: Causes, Events, Consequences
History has several pivotal years that act as turning points, after which a country awakens to a different reality. For Russia, such a year is 1917. And it's a rare case:…
June 7, 2026
Fyodor Dostoevsky. Biography, ideas, and major novels
On a cold winter morning in a Petersburg square, a group of condemned prisoners were led out for execution. Their death sentences were read aloud, they were dressed in white shrouds, the first...
June 6, 2026
Crime and Punishment. Summary and Analysis
The title alone seems to promise that the crime will be the main event around which the entire book revolves. But here's a surprising thing: the murder…
June 5, 2026
World-class Russian athletes. Top 10
From the outside, nothing connects them. A young figure skater who draws patterns on the ice to music, and a fighter who, over the course of their career...
June 5, 2026
