When you’re in Russia, it can never go wrong for you to explore all of the city there, including Irkutsk. People mostly visit St. Petersburg where there are a lot of recommended places in St. Petersburg for your lovely valentine’s day. There’s also Moscow, these two city might be the most famous place for tourist, […]
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The southern city of Russia Volgograd is one of the important cities in Russian History. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, the city was called Stalingrad. Yes, Volgograd is the location of one of the most famous battles in World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad. Known also as one of the bloodiest even […]
Russian people’s misery during World War II was immeasurable. No wonder then that up until now, the “Day of Victory” over Nazi-Germany is commemorated lavishly. However, the flashy symbolism leaves no room for critical evaluation. It has become a tradition for Russia to hold a huge celebration to celebrate the German army’s defeat in 1945 […]
Every country has different specialties. And food is always able to become an icon of a country. In fact, many countries are known for their unique or delicacy. And another uniqueness of food is its ability to change one’s mood. And all food is made because of a background. Food not only contains good taste, […]
Fashion bears meaning for a popular trend, specifically in styles of dress and jewelry or manners of behavior. However, there is so much more to fashion than meets the eye. The items of clothing we decided to wear are often times our best and tangible forms of personal expression. What we decide to wear shows […]
Russia is one country with such a long history. This makes Russia always immortalized in history books. Everyone knows that Russia is a country with such a great journey. Besides being famous for its role in World War II, did you know that Russia was once a monarchy? If you really love world history, you […]
One of them is ‘Ekaterina’, the famous Russian historical TV series that has been airing since 2014. Also called ‘Ekaterina: The Rise of Catherine the Great’, this series is inspired from Russian history, particularly about Catherine the Great, one of the most well-known Russian empresses and her life story, even having her own castle with magnificent […]
The Unity Day is celebrated in Russia every November 4th. It is also a general public holiday which means on that day every school, office, and business will be closed so that everyone can come together and celebrate this important day together. It is said that the holiday is relatively new because it has only […]
Russia is one of the oldest countries in the world with a very long and rich history. They use old and new calendars to mark important dates throughout the year for their people to remember and commemorate. The old calendar, known as Julian calendar, was widely used in Russia until 1918 to be replaced by […]
First things first, I would like to shed some light to you about the importance of knowing your country’s or other’s history. When history is well learned, the perspective of the country and its civilization can be rediscovered. In most of the cases, the custom and culture of a country can only be learned by researching […]