Palekh, Russian miniature lacquer art, is still alive today. Palekh miniature artists are trained at the Palekh Art College, formerly the...

At baptism Russians are given a name of a Russian saint, whose feast date (i.e. date of death) becomes their “Name’s Day”, celebrated...

Ukraine was a state of Russia in the 9th century and in 988 AD changed from paganism to Russian Orthodoxy.   The Baptism of Rus'...