The word “rhubarb” is thought to have come from the French word “rubarbe” which came from either the Medieval Latin word ...

In this episode of Modern Nomads, we turn our focus to the Caspian Sea. Shared by five coastal countries — Russia, Azerbaijan ...

Major oil producer and exporter looking to establish itself as a key developer of green hydrogen following a 2021 order from ...

Once the heart of a vast empire and now a crossroads between East and West, Hungary stands as a testament to Europe’s layered ...

In the late 1970s, the Soviet Union launched a decade-long war in Afghanistan that would cost it 15,000 lives and contribute to its ...

For at least the past six years, the Caspian Sea has been visibly retreating. Considered to be the world’s largest lake, the Caspian Sea is a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea and covers an area ...

I left Russia as the country slid into authoritarianism and arrived in Canada knowing no one. In its novels, I found a ...

Faunal remains, ranging from horses, sheep, and goats to fish and game birds, reveal a mixed economy based on pastoralism, ...

Experts assessed the effectiveness of the facilities built as part of the federal project "Improving the Volga River". Laboratory tests have shown that the permissible concentrations of pollutants in ...

First detected through satellite images, a research expedition finally confirms the presence of an island awash in the ...

A key finding was that the mark applied for did not have any specific meaning, while the earlier mark would be understood as ...

Many took her up on the offer and settled in the Volga River valley. For a long time, Pawelko said, the Germans lived mostly separately. But they did pick up some Russian influences, especially in ...