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Anyone who has taken even the most passing interest in Soviet Russia will have seen the striking art of the era. To us, of course, the impact and...

This will be the last part of our Russia-UK 2016 cultural overview, although we may well be back at a later date to examine one (or more) of the...

Last week we looked ahead to the UK/Russia Year of Language and Literature 2016. There’s so much laid out before us; a veritable smorgasbord in...

First of all, we hope that you have had (or are still having) a good seasonal break. Here in the UK the party is nearly over, with only the...

About the street sculpture in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg, from Soviet-style monuments to more humourous, whimsical works.

Symbols, monuments and museums in Moscow's Victory Park.

More Moscow must-sees, with Gorky Park and the controversial Peter the Great statue.

A review of Timur Bekmambetov's film Night Watch, a fantasy-horror movie set in Moscow.

Musings on what Russia may have lost by opening up to the West during the European Renaissance, and earlier than that, opening up to the Eastern Roman Empire.

A brief history of Russian icon painting and religious art.