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Kaliningrad (Russia)

Places to Visit in Russia

Yelnya, Smolensk region (Russia) The city of Yelnya is located 82 km southeast of Smolensk in the upper reaches of the Desna River. The first mention of Yelnya dates back to the 12th-13th centuries....

Yelabuga, Republic of Tatarstan (Russia)

Yelabuga, Republic of Tatarstan (Russia)

According to businesscarriers, Elabuga is located on the right bank of the Kama River at the confluence of the Toima River, 20 km from Naberezhnye Chelny. In the 10-11 centuries, on the site of...

Russia Music

Russia Music

Popular music The first historical evidence of musical life in Russia dates back to the 10th century, when documents attest to the birth of the byliny epos, which was in vogue for several centuries, first...

Russia and the Legacy of the Soviet State

Russia and the Legacy of the Soviet State

The disappearance of the USSR as an international legal entity posed the problem of the heir or heirs of this subject. The legitimate or residual heir of the USSR seems to have been identified...

Russia Contemporary Literature

Russia Contemporary Literature

The elements of renewal that had made Chekhov’s sad soul glimpse only a distant hope, but a “primitive” like Gorky had spoken a clearer language, matured rapidly and the pessimism of the time of...

Russian Arts

Russian Arts

The reforming action of Peter the Great also exerted its influence powerfully in the field of art, and in particular on the building and urban planning criteria that informed the construction of the new...

Russia

Russia Industry

Russia inherited from the Soviet Union a commodity-releasing and technologically backward industry that could not compete on the world market. This led to a sharp fall in production of a total of 45 percent...