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Articles by Yulia Skopich

winter sports

Swim Season Opens in December

The best thing for your health is a good bracing ice swim - just train for it first.
siberian strongman

Meet Ivan Savkin, Russia's Human Mountain

When we say 'strong,' we really mean it.
park from scrap

A Russian Pensioner's Creative Recycling Project

A small town has a prize-winning children's playground thanks to a generous pensioner.
master craftsman

Vladimir Aniskin and His Invisible Masterpieces

Nikolai Leskov’s fictional Lefty From Tula has come to life, brilliantly, in Novosibirsk.
ancient history

Sailing Into the Past in Lipetsk

Russia is more than Moscow, and festivals are everywhere.