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Dargavs, North Ossetia

Dargavs, Russia

Dargavs Village: City of the Dead

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

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The pogost

Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia

Kizhi Island

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th century wooden architecture.

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Looking down the hall to the bunker

Bunker-42

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours inside a bunker under Moscow's streets once reserved for Stalin himself.

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Pushkin, Russia

The Amber Room

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

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Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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A view of Lenin.

Lenin's Mausoleum

Embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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Prince Felix Yusupov and his wife, Irena.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Rasputin Museum at Yusupov Palace

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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Mirny Diamond Mine

The world's second largest excavated hole.

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Stories About Russia

A 1716 portrait of Catherine I by French painter Jean-Marc Nattier.

What Happened to the Severed Head of Peter the Great's Wife's Lover

Don't believe the hype.

by Natasha Frost

October 20, 2017

This Russian Castle Is Actually a Kindergarten

Every enrolled kid can be a petite prince or princess.

by Michael Waters

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A Rogue Bear Was Found in a Former Russian Nuclear Submarine Port

by Eric Grundhauser

The empty plinth where Ivan the Terrible once stood.

An Ivan the Terrible Statue in Russia Was 'Stolen' an Hour After It Went Up

The government was behind it.

by Eric Grundhauser

Batagaika Crater in June 2016.

A Giant Permafrost Crater Grows in Siberia

It's yet another canary in the climate coal mine.

by Samir S. Patel

A "sea devil" from Icones animalium (1553).

Where to Find the World's Best Hometown Monsters

Here are 25 places to see yetis, sea monsters, Sasquatch, and other cryptids.

by Molly McBride Jacobson

February 24, 2017

A Visual History of the Rise—and Demise—of Rasputin

The Mad Monk was assassinated 100 years ago in Russia.

by Darmon Richter & Diana Naneva

December 30, 2016

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