Slavic paganism is the deification of the environment. Endeavoring to explain natural phenomena or the lives of their ancestry and tribes, Slavic people created many fabled beings, gods who were similar by their ambitions and actions to people themselves. Their deals don’t run counter to common sense, the war between good and evil, light and […]
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Top 5 Most Popular Typical Russian/Soviet Souvenirs and Gifts
The proverb «Give a piece of iron to a Tula resident and he will make a new samovar from it for you» isn’t known by everyone. A unique piece of work, first brought into the world in 1778 due to the creativity of Russian master Nazar Lisitsin, samovars are known all around the world. Read […]
Top 5 Most Beautiful, Cute Russian Actresses 2017-2018
Yelena Korikova is a Russian theatre and film actress, and TV host. Anna Platonova in the Bednaya Nastya television series is her most famous role. Korikova is considered to be one of the most beautiful Russian women. She was born in Siberia and spent her childhood there; maybe her Siberian character helped Yelena achieve goals. […]
Top 5 Russian universities list 2018 (engineering, law, history, technical, language)
Moscow State University is considered to be the oldest Russian university by right by far. It was founded in 1755. The founding of the university in Moscow became possible due to the work of the first Russian academician, Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, a well-known scientist and scholar- Encyclopaedist. Now, Moscow State University is one of the […]
Famous, good, notable Russian actors
Sergey Bodrov was a legendary hero of Russian cinema, gifted film director, actor, and scriptwriter. As an actor, Sergey only played around ten roles, but even this was enough to award accolades to him. His best known films are Brat and Brat-2. These films brought Russian fame to him. He wasn’t a professional actor, but […]
Bad guys Russian actors. Russian mafia actors
Russian actors who play bad guys Vladimir Vdovichenkov is one of the most outstanding actors of Russian cinema. He followed a big path from hero of the series Brigada to acting in serious films like Leviafan, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. After school, Vdovichenkov decided to be a seaman and enrolled at Kronstadt Naval School. Then […]
Funny Soviet Russian actors
Russian comedy actors Yuri Nikulin is a name that will forever be synonymous with the cinema of the Soviet Union. Armed with raw acting talent and a natural ability to make people laugh, Nikulin became famous to audiences through a variety of memorable comedic roles. Over time, Nikulin became a true living legend of Soviet […]
Bald Russian actors
Yuriy (Gosha) Kutsenko confessed that he is «bald, flamboyant and a “son-of-a-bitch”». He thinks that he owes his success to his haircut in many ways. But despite that he often has to turn into different characters and wear wigs on film sets. «Shaving off seemed so cool and stylish to me», Gosha recalled. Now his […]