Dostoyevsky spent ten years of his life exiled to Russia's Eastern hinterlands. Beyond the Urals, there are several places that shaped Dostoyevsky and influenced many of his greatest works of literature.

The latest news and developments from Russia that may not have made it into the New York Times.

In which a lucky kitten gets to see a good portion of Russia from the cabin of a very kind truck driver. 

How has Russia changed since the last time you were there, pre-pandemic?

The journey between Moscow and St. Petersburg is about to get a lot faster.

In this week's Odder News, blind dueting, cats at work, and the mice who love COVID.

Andrei Borodulin, the writer and photographer who penned "Gone Fishing," an article about the Volga River delta for our September/October issue, sent us this fantastic short video captured while reporting that story.

Let's take a trip to a nation that no longer exists! We've got an old hard-cover travel guide to lead the way. 

In this week's Odder News, pregnant cows falling in rivers, drunk Pitertsy falling in rivers, mysterious runoff in the Black Sea, and going postal.

You’ve not been fishing until you have explored the Volga River delta. And what better guide to take us there than the intrepid Andrei Borodulin?

After almost ten years, the Alexander Palace, the final home of the Romanovs, is back and open for visitors.

Remnants of the Imperial Russian past are all over Alaska – and California, too.