Today I went to Izmaylovo, a district in the Moscow Region just across the Moscow Circular Road from me. I used to visit it a lot in summer when I was a child. As an adult, I also usually came here in...
February 23rd marks the Day of the Defender of the State in Russia. We traditionally celebrate men who dedicated lives to the military service for the Motherland. In recent years, however, women are a...
On February 2, we celebrated the 83rd anniversary of victory in the Battle of Stalingrad. Occurring in 1943, it paved the way to the Great Turn when the Red Army gradually gained an advantage against ...
I visited an exhibition at the Manege Exhibition Centre dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. No matter how well you know the story it tears your heart to pieces...
Last week I finally guided my first excursion in English for two intrepid French ladies. Instead of the regular 2,5 hours we walked for the whole four! Ivan’s Hill is a historic district within one ki...
The Russian Society for Military History has carried out different educational and creative activities for the past ten years in the territory of Russia. It was founded in 2012 at the order of Preside...
Today marks the 100th birthday anniversary of my grandma Lidia Yefimovna Sokolik (nee Alekseeva). She was born near Dorogobuzh in Smolensk Region on October 1, 1924. Ten years later the family moved t...
Yesterday, on March 22, more than 6000 people were under a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, a Moscow Region venue famous for tremendous concerts. By night, 40 people had been reported as killed a...
Following THE INTERVIEW of the century (Tucker Kalrson and Vladimir Putin), I want to point you to some posts on this blog that illustrate or analyze Russian history. Being an historian who spent 7 ye...
Ivan Shmelyov (1873-1950) was a Russian writer and essayist who emigrated to France after the October Revolution. The Year of God (Лето Господне) is a book of his recollections of pre-revolutionary li...