Slavic Architecture is usually synonymous with traditional Russian Architecture, and while most historic architecture in Russia is Slavic, other countries have some form of Slavic architecture as well. Slavic countries…
The largest resort town in Russia is Sochi. The city has a population of 443,562 people, with up to 600,000 living in the urban area. It is located on the…
Stavropol is the capital city and the administrative hub of Stavropol Krai in Russia. The 2010 Census found 398,539 people living there. Voroshilov was the name till January 12, 194.…
In the region of the current city, a Greek colony was founded in the sixth century BC. Nearly 2000 years were spent by the Greek city of Chersonesus, first as…
Today, most of the city’s landmarks were not built until the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Round Square ensemble was created during that period. It is a scaled-down…
When Magnitogorsk was supposed to become a one-industry town based after the two most technologically advanced steel-producing cities in the United States at the time—Gary, Indiana, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—as part…
The Slavic term lipsk, which means “village where the linden trees (British English: lime trees; U.S. English: basswood trees) stand,” is the source of the name Leipzig. Leipsic is an…
After the Russian acquisition of the region in 1774, the city was established on June 18, 1778, by edict of Catherine the Great as the main fortification of the Black…
According to historians, the city’s youth strategy reportedly got underway in 1892, the year the first Marxist group was founded. The Young Communist League (Komsomol) organization for the city was…
Cheboksary is rich in cultural opportunities. The Public Order (Badge of Honor) Russian Drama Theater, a philharmonic orchestra, the Chuvash State Puppet Theater, and numerous theatres are among them (showing…
Belgorod is the capital city and administrative hub of western Russia’s Belgorod oblast. The Moscow-Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Sumy-Donets Basin trains pass through Belgorod, which is close to the Russia-Ukraine border.…
The Volga Delta, where Astrakhan is located, is home to numerous sturgeon and unusual vegetation. The Golden Horde and Khazaria’s capitals once stood in this bountiful region. Travellers first referred…