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Rebuilding Faces: Mikhail Gerasimov

Article about Mikhail Gerasimov, the founder and director of the Plastic Reconstruction Laboratory of the Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Russian Art Treasures: Valentin Serov

By Boris Asafyev from the book Russian Painting. Thoughts and Reflections.

Some Dishes from Latvia: Sigulda and Surprise Salads, Housewife's Soup

Try to cook old-style latvian dishes - salads and soup.

Cuisine of Old Russia: Fried Meat

Try to fry meat with potatoes using this easy-to-cook russian recipe.

Cuisine of Old Russia: Meat in Beer

Meet in Beer - it's old russian dish. Try to cook it with this easy-to-cook recipe.

Cuisine of Old Russia: Russian Pokhlyobka

To cook 4 portions of old russian thick soup you will need beef with bone, potatoes, onions and... white wine.

Cuisine of Old Russia: Vladimir Salad Recipe

Try this old russian salad with beets, so-called Vladimir Salad.

Russian Cuisine: Pancakes

Traditional recipe of russian thin pancakes. You will need flour, eggs, milk, a little sugar and a lot of time.

Russian Cuisine: Chicken Surprise

Recipe of old soviet dish - all you need is chicken, white bread, eggs, butter and pinch of salt.

Pryaniki - Spiced Biscuits with Honey

Recipe of traditional russian biscuits with honey, so-called Pryaniki.

Russian Cuisine: Kundyubki or Bear's Ears

The old recipe from Russia - try to cook russian dish with funny name Kundyubki or Bear's Ears.

Russian Cuisine: Pancakes with Liver Recipe

Try to cook delicious russian dish - Pancakes with liver. This easy recipe will bring you a lot of pleasure.

Tale of Tile Tiles - The tiles of Russian churches

The article about ussian artist Mikhail Vrubel.

Try Eating Azerbaijanian Way - Fried Meat, Kyufta-Bozbash Soup, Pilau Turshi Recipes

Here you can find few traditional azerbaijanian food recipes like Kyufta-Bozbash Soup, Pilau Turshi and Chicken Pilau.

Vladimir Favorsky: Covers, Illustrations

The world of artistic images created by Vladimir Favorsky (1886-1964) has unusual breadth, depth and variety, and he is is regarded as one of the Russia's most outstanding artists.

Notes on Poetry by Vadim Shefner

Vadim Shefner, russian poet and writer, about poetry. Twelwe notes from Literaturnaya Gazeta (USSR), 1968.

Dionysius, The Icon Painter

His customers were distinguished churchmen and even the Grand Prince. He painted churches and monastery chapels all over the huge expanses of Russia.

Maria Biesu, Interview

The interview to Sovietskaya Moldavia of opera singer Maria Biesu, March 1968.

Wise thoughts

Goethe, Seneca, Shakespeare, Carlyle, Socrates, Montesquieu, Hubbard's thoughts about life, love, sin.

Short funny stories about woman and man

Life is funny. It is never the coldest girl who gets the mink coat.