Russian Historical Sites

Russia has a wealth of sites with historical importance. Most of these popular Russian historical sites fit in one of the following categories: World Heritage Sites in Russia War & Military History: war memorials, Hero Cities, battlefields   See also: Russian Architecture, Historical sites in Ukraine and Belarus      World Heritage Cultural...

Russian and Ukrainian Architecture

Foreigners are often unfamiliar with Russian and Ukrainian architecture. Most everyone knows about the onion domed cathedrals and the dull and dreary construction from the Soviet era, but little else. The truth is, Russia and Ukraine have gone through many periods of architectural development, from wooden-vernacular architecture that predates Kiev Rus’, to...

Traditional Russian Folk Dance

Traditional Russian folk dance is as broad and diverse as the nation itself. While most foreigners identify traditional Russian dance with the stomping and and knee bending characteristic of Eastern Slavic dance styles, many forget about traditions of dance that originated from Turkic, Uralic, Mongolic and Caucasian peoples who are also native to Russia. Below we...