Unbreakable Porcelain. Eva Zeisel Survived Stalin's Prison to Give Ceramics a Lasting New Form. April 23, 2003. By Linda Hales. ... In the 1930s, while a rising star in Soviet Russia, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – The Lomonosov Porcelain Factory is as familiar and revered in Russia as a cup of hot, ever-so-sweet tea.The czars built it for themselves 256 years ago, eager for a ...

Patricia Cloherty, a pioneering venture capitalist, tries to mine a new frontier: Russia. The Russian Equities market has been one of the world's best performers in recent months, as authoritarian ...

The Imperial Porcelain Factory’s wares can be found not only in Russia and the former Soviet republics, but also in several European and American cities.

The world’s first floating nuclear power station—a 21,500-metric-ton Russian vessel called the Akademik Lomonosov—is slowly making its way across the Arctic Ocean, on a multi-stage trip to ...

The exterior of the Hotel Astoria in St. Petersburg Courtesy of the hotel This year the Hotel Astoria celebrates its 100th anniversary in St. Petersburg, Russia.I’m celebrating, too, because I ...

Ukrainians topple statue of Russian science great Mikhail Lomonosov after already tearing down Catherine The Great, Alexander Pushkin and Maxim Gorky.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia --A floating nuclear power plant built in Russia has embarked on its first sea voyage so its reactors can be loaded with fuel.The floating plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, was ...

Russia's Floating Nuclear Power Plant Sets Sail The Akademik Lomonosov will soon be powering 100,000 residents on Russia's east coast. By Avery Thompson Published: Apr 30, 2018 3:58 PM EDT ...

Last weekend, Russia's floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, was towed out to sea for the first time, beginning its voyage from St Petersburg to Murmansk, where it will be ...