Young and beautiful Russian actress Maria Berseneva (maiden name is Shipova) was born on May 30, 1981 in Moscow. Her father was a sport coach, judge of international class, a…
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Russian psychic Alexander Sheps
Mysterious, purposeful, interesting and intelligent psychic Alexander Sheps has become the favorite of the fourteenth season of “The Battle of psychics” on TNT channel of Russian TV. Talented black magician…
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Russian Snowmaiden Snegurochka
The residence of Ded Moroz (grandfather Frost, or Santa Claus) is known to all, it’s in Veliky Ustyug, the Vologda region. Russian Snowmaiden Snegurochka is supposed to live with him.…
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Why Russians don’t smile
Why Russians don’t smile at unknown people. Foreigners constantly tell that the Russians are surprisingly unsmiling people. Indeed, we smile much less than other nationalities, but we have our reasons.…
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Russian sculptor Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy
Russian sculptor Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy was born in Italy on February 15, 1866. The illegitimate son of a Russian emigre, Prince Peter Petrovich Trubetskoy (1822-1892). Prince, who had two wives…
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Traditional Russian Headdress Collection
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits Samples of Russian applied art, and a significant part of it Traditional Russian Headdresses. Things out “Assembly of Russian…
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