MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Russian archaeologists say they've uncovered a group of Stone Age art objects that appear to have been part of an ancient hunting ritual. The items, which were buried in ...

In ballet, that supreme Russian achievement in Western-type performing arts, the Eastern touch is evident — as shown by Leon Bakst’s designs. Nothing has changed. Early art and its ancient ...

Russians Systematically Loot Art, Ancient Relics From Ukraine’s Cultural Sites Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian museums and theaters are part of a broader assault on the national identity ...

The messages, written on birch bark and dating from the 11th to 14th centuries, offer a unique insight into the living conditions of the Russian people at the time. Price Database 13 June 2025 ...

Despite protests, Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with the country's most famous icon. The 15th-century Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev was moved from a Moscow museum to Christ ...

An Islamist insurgency is raging in Russia's North Caucasus region, particularly in Dagestan, Ingushetia and neighbouring Chechnya, site of two separatist wars with Moscow since the mid-1990s.

Irina Sosnovtseva, a senior researcher at the Russian Museum and expert in ancient Russian art, says many experts are doubtful the church will be able to adequately care for the delicate treasures.

Most of Kherson’s art collection, which is worth millions of dollars, has ended up on the nearby Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014; there, the director of a local ...