A wartime spy who helped defeat the Nazis, she was an inspiration for the Russian beauty and fashion icon.

Tuim Hole first appeared 62 years ago and has sheer 120 metre cliffs reaching down to its deep turquoise waters.

Award-winning director and screenwriter Janusz Zaorski says members of his own family were sent into exile in the east of Russia during the war years.

Mercy mission brings stores for Agafya Lykova to help her survive the winter in her remote retreat.

Marriott opens prestigious new hotel on 16 June in Novosibirsk, Siberia's biggest city.

Crater 'swallowed ex-cop', but no-one can find him a week later.

Rare historic pictures show Russia's last tsar as the first builder of the Trans-Siberian Railway 125 years ago this month.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!