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Round the houses: explore Samara’s architectural history, from wooden streets to Soviet grandeur

On side: how Samara brought North and South Korea together on the pitch — for one minute

Hometown values: after years in the wilderness, has Nizhny finally found a football team of its own?

Saransk: discover the secret charm of the World Cup’s smallest and quirkiest city

48 hours in Saransk: discover young Russia in our new documentary series

Beyond the plastic: an alternative history of Saransk in 4 buildings

A tale of two cities: Kirill Kobrin on the changing names and faces of Nizhny/Gorky

48 hours in Samara: discover young Russia in our new documentary series

One night in Barcelona: Kazan’s football team was once on top of the world. What went wrong?

Eastern promises: Owen Hatherley takes a tour of Kazan’s architectural multiculturalism

Kira Muratova: a tribute to the dazzling, controversial genius of Soviet and Ukrainian cinema

48 hours in Rostov-on-Don: discover young Russia in our new documentary series

Rostov-on-Don: discover the secret spots and southern charm of this revitalised provincial capital

Year abroad: on the road with FC Rostov during their season challenging Europe’s elite

Tractors and palaces: the forgotten architectural avant-garde of Rostov-on-Don

Long distance love: meet the Kaliningrad fans who travel 7,400 kilometres to support their team

Raze and rebuild: Kaliningrad’s battle to preserve its complex post-war cityscape

48 hours in Kaliningrad: discover young Russia in our new documentary series

Take the field: meet the aspiring youth competing in the iconic Leather Ball football tournament

Visions of Volgograd: how the city became a drawing board for Soviet urban utopias

Sea legs: take our guided tour of the nautical past and present of St Petersburg

Volgograd: the iconic river city that combines a heroic past with a progressive present

Stalin’s architect: how one man shaped Soviet Sochi’s resort culture against the odds

Sochi: discover the palm trees, surf, and grand sanatoria of this seductive seaside metropolis

Capturing the revolution: 6 photographers share their stories from Armenia’s vibrant street protests

Home from home: the football club giving Moscow’s Armenian diaspora something to cheer

My Street: Moscow is getting a makeover, and the rest of Russia is next

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