“Today is a good day,” says Ivan Rybaruk, a priest from the small village of Kryvorivnya, pointing at the sky with his finger. There is a rainbow in the sky. It was raining lightly on Christmas eve as ...

For the last century the legend of Grigory Rasputin—that of a lascivious peasant who breathed religious fervor, held the Romanovs in mystical thrall, and single-handedly brought down their empire—has ...

The area surrounding Moscow has many historic towns anchored by ancient monasteries, but few have a more peculiar history than the St. Nicholas-Ugreshsky Monastery, located in the town of Dzerzhinsky ...

What traits set those born and raised in Moscow apart from other Russians? Higher salaries? The possibility to choose among hundreds of cool parties? We’ll explain what defines a typical Muscovite, ...