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Churchill's 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma' remains an apt description of Russia; most outsiders have only a hazy idea of its realities. A composite of the extravagant glories of old Russia and the drab legacies of the Soviet era, it's a country that both befuddles and beguiles. Read Russia introduction

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During the first part of the 19th century, 11,000 serfs drove 25,000 wooden planks into the ground creating the foundation for what would become St Isaac's Cathedral. More than 100 kilos of pure gold was used to gild the dome and the 112 …

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The Starlite Diner ranks among the most striking of all novelties in modern Moscow—an authentic, allegedly completely American-made chrome-plated American diner that appears like an alien spacecraft among the city's …
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