The Chuvash language is under the threat of disappearing, concluded the UNESCO experts who presented an online version of the Atlas of the World’s Vanishing Languages.

A hotel may be erected on the place of the Central House of Artist, the Chief Architect of Moscow Alexander Kuzmin announced at public hearings on this issue on Tuesday.

Recently in the building of the Patriotic Institute in Vasilyevski Island, where Nikolai Gogol taught history, scientists have found a room in which he assumedly used to get ready for his lectures.

The famous masterpiece of Russian architectural avant-garde, the Shukhov Tower in Moscow may be restored with financing from the city budget.

The Moscow Kremlin has opened the exhibition “Treasures of the Great Moguls”. The treasures of the richest Indian rulers of the 16-18th cc are displayed in Russia for the first time.

Unique ancient sculptures made of mammoth tusks, walrus fangs and cachalot teeth can be seen at the current exhibition in Omsk.

The Theatre Gallery in Malaya Ordynka, Moscow, has opened an exhibition dedicated to the legendary actress Faina Ranevskaya.

Archeologists of the Azov Museum Reserve in the Rostov Region have discovered a unique icon of stone depicting Madonna and Child and dating to 1370 approximately.

The Benois Wing of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, is currently hosting the exhibition “American Artists from the Russian Empire”.

A jubilee exhibition of the famous Petersburg artist Lev Smorgon has been opened in Saint Petersburg.