Countries and capitals for children and why in Russian the capital is a table
The word «capital» is related to the word «table». Not the same table that people dine at, although they also dine at that table. In the old language, a table was...
26 September 2026
Geography for the littlest ones and why «there» already answers the question «where»
«Where’s the car?» «There.» The child points to the sofa. The adult wants to add: not there, but under the sofa. But for the first conversation about…
September 25, 2026
Earth for children and why there is more water than land on it
If you give a child a globe and ask them to find Earth on it, the task sounds strange. They already have the entire Earth in their hands…
September 25, 2026
Outline world map for children, print and complete three tasks
In a Russian school, such a map has a second name. Mute. A mute map is a geographical map without names. For our kit...
Sep 24, 2026
What Russian and Polish have in common and where the traps begin
A piece of paper is hanging on the door of a Warsaw shop. Four lines, in large letters. A Russian standing in front of it for the first time understands about half. Worse...
Sep 24, 2026
«Lolita in Russian, a book that the author himself translated with disappointment
A writer who translates his own book can usually be congratulated. He is the only person in the world who knows exactly what was meant. Vladimir...
September 23, 2026
Country flags for children, why were two points removed from the maple leaf
At two o'clock in the morning on December 15, 1964, Canadian Member of Parliament John Matheson wrote a short congratulatory note to George Stanley. The House of Commons had just...
September 23, 2026
Why Russians write ZY instead of P.S. and where the vowels went from «spasibo»
At the end of the message, the person adds: «PS. I'll be later tomorrow.» If you type PS without switching from the Russian keyboard layout, you get ZY. In...
September 22, 2026
Russian music and the American who won the first Tchaikovsky Competition
The Great Hall of the Conservatory, the evening of April 11, 1958. Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto has just finished sounding, at the piano a twenty-three-year-old American. The hall rises from its seats....
September 22, 2026
Russian folk song and Kalinka, which has an author
In 1860 in Saratov, amateurs staged an act from the drama «Bobyl». Among the inserted numbers was a song performed by...
September 22, 2026
