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 which our language insert looks at Russian words with German roots.

An often-overlooked high-seas tale of swashbuckling adventure, empire, and exchange between Russia and Japan.

Not-Russia took home more Olympic medals than it thought it would, placing third in the overall medal count race.

Look out NFL – the Russian Super Bowl was held in the Moscow region last weekend.

How a conversation led one of 60,000 Russian adoptees in the United States on a journey to her past.

Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was born in Poland, and helped rule Russia, for a time at least.

Why was so much manpower, money, and material expended on a project that flew in the face of the policy of “peaceful coexistence” that had been announced just five years earlier? It was classic Khrushchev.

On spy films, summits, and finding a way to live together.

In 1921, Russia was in a catastrophic state. Famine raged, and American aid proved crucial to the nation's survival.

“Everything in the world displeases me, but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.”

– “Darth Putin” on Twitter parodies Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments after his meeting with Joe Biden on Wednesday, June 16

In this week's Odder News, Russians are geeked about UFOs, past and present collide, and Steven Seagal becomes a real-life special agent.