Ida Lvovna Rubinstein, a symbol of luxury and sensuality of the Silver Age. Despite lacking professional education in the arts, rumors circulated that the actress and dancer achieved success due to her wealth. However, t…

May 6 marks the day of Saint George, who is the patron of the Russian Orthodox military. Before the Revolution, this day was considered a day of Russian military glory. Today, this is reminded by the George ribbon, a tw…

Nikolai Zabolotsky, poet, dreamer, and political prisoner. On May 7, 1903, Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotsky was born in the Kazan district, a well-known poet and dreamer who also became a political prisoner. In his youth,…

Mila Bogdanovna Jovovich was born on December 17, 1975, in Kyiv. Her grandfather and great-uncle, Bogdan and Branko Jovovich, participated in the attempt to overthrow Josip Broz Tito. In the early 1960s, they arrived in …

In Tahiti, you can still meet locals with Russian names such as Maxim, Igor, Maria, Ilya, and Tatiana. From 1987 to 1991, the Prime Minister of French Polynesia was Alexander Maximovich Leontiev, of Russian descent. How …

In May, we commemorate the memory of Prince Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky, who defeated the army of False Dmitry II and was considered Russia's hope for overcoming the Time of Troubles. His death still sparks debates among hist…

On May 12, 1855, the outstanding Russian composer, teacher, and conductor Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov was born. His father, a well-known conductor, began teaching his son music at the age of five. These lessons led t…

Yulia Vladimirovna Drunina was born on May 10, 1924, in Moscow, a woman with an extraordinary fate who became a poetess, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, and a true idealist with a tragic destiny. Yulia's adult lif…

Among the monks of Optina Monastery, there are many revered Orthodox saints, and one of the most respected is the Venerable Nectarios of Optina, known in the world as Nikolai Tikhonov, originally from Elets. Nikolai Tik…

Exactly one hundred years ago, on May 16, 1920, Maria Bochkareva was executed in Krasnoyarsk, the founder of the first women's military formations in Russia. She was a hero of World War I and represented the White moveme…