Since ancient times, isolating the sick has been considered the most effective method for fighting the spread of epidemics. It became common practice to ship people to special islands when they became ill, but few ever came back alive.
View More Plague in Italian Style
Alexander Pushkin’s autumn in Boldino may provide a lesson on how to stay creative and active during a quarantine.
View More …Not for a Long Time Have I Written as Productively as I Have in Boldino
Kievskaya, one of the oldest and most beautiful metro stations in Moscow, might be considered a mirror reflecting Russian history and culture from the 1930s to the present day. The station — or rather, the three combined stations on the Filyovskaya, Arbatsko-Pokrovska, and Koltsevaya lines — combines the work of leading architects and artists and various styles of art and construction, and reveals transformations in Russia’s political life.
View More Between Soviet Classics and French Art Nouveau
First appearing in Russia in the middle of the 17th century, hunting became an integral part of the noble life and culture. The Russian Manor is practically synonymous with hunting. From poetry to prose to painting — Russian hunting is reflected in almost every form of art.
View More Wild Prowess Knows no Bounds Russian. Hunting on Horseback With Sighthounds
Eighty years since the birth of Joseph Brodsky, 1987 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature.
View More From Nowhere With Love
Regardless of ongoing cultural transformations around the world, a translator remains the one and only guide into the realm of foreign fiction. Their talents largely determine the fate of heroes in books that venture beyond their native country.
View More Translating is Great Joy. Lilianna Lungina, Translator and Philologist
This year’s first issue of the Vestnik of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO is published in challenging times for humanity. The outbreak of Coronavirus is claiming thousands of lives all over the world. The Russian Federation stands in solidarity with all the people who are fighting this global catastrophe and extends its condolences to those who have lost their relatives and friends.
View More Vestnik of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. April 2020
On March 4, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar passed away at the age of 100. He served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982-1991 and was an outstanding Peruvian diplomat and public official, as well as a great friend of Russia and the Soviet Union.
View More Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and the Road to Peace
The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019), was a special year for the chemical community, our country, and the entire world.
View More International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
On February 5, the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, or RUDN, celebrated its 60th anniversary. Around 200,000 professionals who work in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe
and the Middle East are graduates of RUDN.
