Monument to children of blockade Leningrad who perished of cold and starvation has been solemnly opened in Kostroma.

Monument to Victims of Holocaust in Palmniken of 1945 was unveiled in Yantarny Settlement on the Kaliningrad coast of Baltic Sea yesterday.

Ulyanovsk Region has become the motherland of Kolobok – this is the “status” that Lenin's birthplace has been given on the Fairy Map of Russia.

Combat vehicle Т-34 has been pulled out from the river in Surovikinsky District of the Volgograd Region.

The private Museum of Russian Icon opened in Moscow boasts about 4000 monuments of Old Russian and East Christian art, including around 600 icons.

Upon restoration the former Stolypins’ Estate in Penza will become a multipurpose cultural and educational centre.

Comedy The Best Movie 3D - the first Russian three-dimensional movie - went into general release in Russia on 20 January.

An anniversary exhibition of the well-known illustrator Anatoly Itkin has opened in the Pushkin's Museum in Prechistenka Street, Moscow.

Monument to the first president of Russia Boris Yeltsin will be unveiled on 1 February to mark his 80th anniversary.

Kislovodsk archaeological expedition headed by Dmitry Korobov has found about two hundred ancient settlements following a uniform architectural concept on the Kabardian Ridge, in the foothills of Elbrus.