Tobolsk, now a small city, was the capital of Siberia several centuries ago. Its 17th-century white-stone kremlin has been ...

Sochi is Russia's main Russian resort city on the Black Sea coast. There are beaches, sanatoriums and picturesque Caucasus Mountains. The city's calling card is the seaport with a spire, built in 1955 ...

10 revealing facts about Russian. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Russian with audio.

10 revealing facts about Russian. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Russian with audio.

Given that Russian is the country's second official language, signs and official documents will though remain bilingual: in the Kazakh with Latin letters and in Russian with the Cyrillic alphabet.

While zed in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet is written differently - and looks like a 3 - most Russians recognise Latin letters. Emily Ferris - Russia and Eurasia research fellow at the Royal ...