A child started at an American school without English. Eight tips that work in the first year
Девятилетний Артем приехал в Нью-Джерси в июле, а в начале сентября пошел в третий класс американской школы, зная по-английски слова…
11 Sep 2026
The soft sign and hard sign, why does the Russian language need two letters without sound
Open a Russian newspaper from 1916. The first thing that catches your eye won't be the yat. It will be the hard sign. It sticks out almost everywhere: godъ,…
September 10, 2026
Weather vocabulary trainer for kids and adults
A child who grew up abroad knows the words snow and cold and is completely sure that is enough. Meanwhile, in Russian, one...
September 9, 2026
How the Russian toast is structured and why it cannot be translated in a single word
We will have to start with an awkward admission. The Russian custom itself has no Russian name. The word «toast» came from English and meant roasted...
September 8, 2026
Decembrists, five hours on Senate Square and thirty years of Siberia
The morning of the fourteenth of December, 1825, St. Petersburg, frost. About eight hundred soldiers of the Moscow Regiment march onto Senate Square. The officers form them into ranks...
September 7, 2026
Medovik, the cake that ripens overnight
There is a sure way to ruin a honey cake, and it is not described in any recipe: bake it absolutely correctly and serve it with...
September 7, 2026
How guests are welcomed in Russia and what a child should know about it
In Lev's hallway stands a wicker basket, once bought at IKEA for blankets, but serving a completely different purpose. Inside it lie...
September 5, 2026
The History of Soyuzmultfilm from Imitating Disney to Its Own Style
There are two frames that deserve to be placed side by side. In the first one, there is a monkey from the 1936 film: round ears, round eyes, sweeping gestures,...
September 4, 2026
Shchi. History and recipe of the main Russian soup
The pot of cabbage soup is heard before it is seen. The smell comes right from the doorstep. In the multi-apartment house, the whole staircase knows it. O…
September 3, 2026
How the Golden Ring of Russia is structured and what to see in its cities
In the autumn of 1967, a Moskvich was driving along the Vladimir highway, driven by an employee of the newspaper Sovetskaya Kultura. Yury...
September 3, 2026
