January 27th, 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of Leningrad’s Blockade (1944-2019). It’s been a few years now that some folk in Russia are wondering as to why this date is still ...
In Russia, when you cannot get through a certain number, you say that the number is engaged ‘like at the Smolny’. The Smolny Palace was built by Giacomo Quarenghi in 1806-08 to house the S...
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