Given the historical and personal realities she faced, Maria Konyayeva was very unlikely to live to 100 when she was born in 1917. And yet here she is.

For all the romanticism commonly associated with world travel, the brutal reality is that it is often a very un-romantic undertaking to move the meat that is our bodies around in the world.

Meet two more of our heroes whose long lives have surely been made possible by the care of their family and community.

Any good expedition has its lighter moments. We have collected nine such scenes from recent days into a one-act play for your enjoyment.

It was with mixed feelings of bitter guilt and disgust, overcome with shameful and cowardly thoughts, that I joined the Children of 1917 project.

Bikes, restoring VDNKh and a church, merchant life and space travel.

So, what exactly have we been doing in the two months since the successful closure of our crowdfunding for this project?

The Republic of Georgia is a land of exquisite paradoxes that are sometimes lovable, sometimes infuriating.

Many Russian cities have songs about about them. Here are six of the best ones about Russia's Northern Capital – three by American artists, three by Russians.

The northwestern tip of Russia is one of the finest places from which to view the elusive Northern Lights. If you can handle the cold, the dark, and the visiting Muscovites.

Most beautiful village takes it on the chin, movie museum, Kremlin foundations, and more.

Matt Traver decided to walk across Siberia and create a documentary film in the process. His first leg didn’t go very smoothly.