Chopin’s sketch “Aeolian Harp” was performed by the Russian virtuoso at a speed of 22 notes per second.

The prestigious International Classical Music Award (ICMA) again goes to the sound recording studio “Melody”.

On January 25, the Russian Aspic holiday will involve a gastronomic aspic world championship: the world championship offers not only to compete in cooking aspic, but to enjoy this dish for those who adore it.

The number of visitors to the Losiny Ostrov national park increased by 10% in 2019.

The run is called “Backcountry”, it is located in the Circus-3 mountain valley and has a height difference of about 200 meters.

The People’s Artist of Russia Dmitry Kharatyan is celebrating his 60th birthday with a concert in St. Petersburg and is going to perform in Kremlin on February 12.

Russia has lost three lines in the updated ranking of world passports from Henley & Partners, dropping from the 48th to the 51st line.

The “Crystal Snowflake”, the symbol of the All-Russian New Year's Capital of Russia project was transferred to the city of Kaluga.

A large-scale exhibition project combines the works of Spanish artists of the 19th — 20th centuries from museum and private collections.

The concert in an unusual format of a musical duel is going to prove that organ music cannot be boring.

The number of private investors on the Moscow Exchange doubled amid falling bank rates and the development of brokerage applications. This is a record inflow, although Russia is still far behind foreign countries.

The banking market remains very dynamic in Russia: regulation is changing, the business model is changing, even the principles of corporate governance are changing. Here are seven trends that will determine the banking market in the coming year.

The sanctuary of the Paleolithic era near Bryansk was included in the top 10 archaeological discoveries of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The man-made New Holland Island located in the very centre of St. Petersburg has long been a closed territory, where the ruined historical buildings destroyed by fire lived out their remaining days. However, a few years ago, this place began to be improved, and on August 27, 2016, the renewed New Holland cultural and entertainment centre opened its doors to visitors.

Polyustrovsky Park is a favorite place for cyclists and roller skaters. This environmentally-safe place is the water protection zone of the mineral water deposit. This young park is located in Krasnogvardeiskydistrict of the city.

The famous resort of Leningrad Oblast - “Okhta Park” - is situated at a distance of 10 kilometers from the Northern capital. This is a cottage village where you can spend your holidays in an active way among the picturesque pine forest at the source of the Okhta River.

The beginning of the 2020s is here. The attention of Russians is once again taken by disasters, corruption and the income gap between rich and poor. Like 10 years ago.

Donald Trump, recession in Europe, US elections and instability in Latin America – these are the main risks, according to economists, that Russia and the ruble may face in 2020.

Babushkin Park of Culture and Leisure (or Park of Fairy Tales) in St. Petersburg is adeciduous forest park of poplars and acacias, lindens and hazels, birches and lilacs, maples and rowan-trees. It covers an area of ​​14 hectares in Nevsky district.

For four years, the Russian state spent 80 billion rubles to support small business, but the effect is not obvious. It is more profitable for small entrepreneurs to take a loan from a bank on market conditions than to apply for state support.