Since the 1960s, the central Russian town of Suzdal, with its beautiful location and rich concentration of historic monuments, has been one of the country’s most popular destinations for heritage ...

Here you will find the quintessential Russia, humming with churches, wooden huts, festivals, and the most traditional of traditional Russian cuisine. How to get there: to Vladimir by fast train (1h 40 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sea of humanity surged forward at the train station in Moscow, pushing me away from the ticket window. I was losing ground, fighting a crowd of people who ...

These two artistic centres in central Russia hold an important place in the country's architectural history. There are a number of magnificent 12th- and 13th-century public and religious buildings, ...

“Why do you want to go to Russia? What is the urgency?” The visa officer waved the urgent visa application in my face. It was a moment of sheer wanderlust when we decided to travel to Russia. We had ...

Suzdal doesn’t boast the ornate grandeur of Moscow’s metro stations or the secretive bunkers of the Soviets. Nor does it feature the opulent remnants of the Tsars as in Saint Petersburg. What it ...

The words "bed & breakfast" and "Russia" have not often been seen in the same sentence. In Soviet times, foreign tourists were usually holed up with their Pravda-spouting guides in soulless hotels of ...

Suzdal is hosting annual Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, RIA Novosti informs. This year is the 22 nd time when the Festival is conducted. For the past years, it deserved a status of the main ...

MOSCOW, 24 December (BelTA) - A school for 1,200 students, built by Belarusian specialists, opened in the ancient city of Suzdal, Vladimir Oblast, Russia on 24 December. This largest educational ...