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Listening to the intensely chromatic compositions of Sofia Gubaidulina can be challenging. You wouldn’t put her music on to relax or to be energized. As with any avant-garde work, taking it in can feel like work.

It is astonishing to think that as recently as the eighteenth century – not the Middle Ages, not the days of Marco Polo, but in the supposedly enlightened eighteenth century – people still had only the vaguest idea of where Asia ended and America began.

By mid-October of 1941, Moscow seemed on the verge of falling to the Nazis. German troops had reached the city’s edge, and there were rumors of fascist tanks closing in.

At the beginning of July, the Russian government re-tire-d a form of folk art  dear to many: the lawn tire.

A shawarma shop accidentally delves into urban agriculture, much to the delight of city residents. 

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

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

Thirty years ago this week, Russia became an independent country... again.

Pizza-lovers be warned: a new scam in Russia is targeting those with a craving for cheese and pepperoni. 

In this week's Odder News, kids expect glamping and instead get camping, a missing baby is found after days of wandering, and a bouquet of flowers drives the internet wild.

“Today, the city bath house needs support because, due to last year's lengthy six-month shutdown associated with the coronavirus, the banya cannot pull itself out of debt."

– Mikhail Valov, Mayor of Sayanogorsk, inviting citizens to save his city’s municipal bathhouse from the economic ravages of the Coronavirus on August 23.

A very uncharacteristic tweet about a famous Soviet rockstar has many Russians scratching their heads. Apparently, even communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov can't resist a catchy tune.