Category: Places

There’s a monument to a pelmeni in Russia’s Udmurtia region. It’s 3 metres, and the pelmen’/dumpling itself is made of stone. The word pelmen came into Russian from Finno-Ugric …

Russian travel enthusiast takes his SUV to Kostroma region. It is only 400km from Moscow, but if you want to see in which state you will find Russian heartland …

Among other things, Russia is known for its cold and miserable weather. When there is nothing else to do but to dream, locals create their own happy place, that …

When it comes to St. Petersburg, there is no lack of interesting places to see. Besides the famous museums and architecture, there are numerous memorial sites dedicated to WW2. …

What’s this mysterious little tower? According to some, this is an escape exit: Stalinkas are the residential apartment buildings, that were built during the Stalin era all over the …

On one of the buildings in the downtown of Yaroslavl, an interesting memorial plaque was installed. The inscription reads: “A great Russian scientist, the inventor of the time machine …

Yaroslavl businessman and historian Jan Levin installed the monument to a lost wallet. Located on Sobinov Street, the monument attracts unknowing passers-by who are trying to pick it up, …

In 2011, an entrepreneur from Moscow, Andrey Pavlichenkov, bought a 19th-century country house (sometimes called “terem”) in Astashovo, Kostroma region. The house was destroyed: not a single window, all …