Read about the oldest Russian city, discover the history of the Russian democracy, legends surrounding the city's medieval churches and funny details from the everyday life of the ancient population of this former republic, that is only 190 km from St. Petersburg.

Read about how Bulgakov's Master and Margarita was created and discover Moscow from the novel

Discover the fascinating history behind Leonardo da Vinci masterpieces in the Hermitage collection

Let us dive into the world of old wooden Moscow together and visit 5 wooden estates where opera bass Feodor Chaliapin, poet Alexander Pushkin, playwright Alexander Ostrovsky, writers Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev used to live. Learn how to tell Moscow's old wooden mansions from the stone ones - it is not as easy as you might think!

Read about about the pioneer of colour photography, who left an incredible number of colour photos of cities, villages and diverse ethnical groups of the Russian Empire on the verge of collapse. See these photos and find the link to the wonderful documentary about Prokudin-Gorsky!