Why Malevich's Black Square is considered a masterpiece and not a joke
The phrase «I can do that too» is probably heard by the guards at the Tretyakov Gallery more often than any other. It is always heard in front of the same...
August 12, 2026
How many continents are there on Earth and why different schools give different answers
Seven-year-old Nika from Vancouver returned home with a science assignment where she had to color and label the seven continents. Her mother...
August 11, 2026
How to teach a child geography at home if it is barely taught at school
In the summer, a Russian-speaking family in the States was talking via video call with their grandmother, and the mother asked her daughter to show on the map the city where...
August 11, 2026
A Postcard for Grandma in Russian: A Sample Text for a Child
What to write to grandma if the child’s Russian writing is very poor? Take the shortest three-line version and don't chase…
July 29, 2026
Russian Case Trainer for Children
Cases are the number one thing that trips up children who grew up abroad. A child speaks fluently, and then suddenly says
July 28, 2026
Bilingual child dominant language test
01 What is the dominant language of a bilingual child? It is the language that comes first for the child: it is the one they think in,...
July 27, 2026
My name in Russian is "ChatGPT" and it's written in Cyrillic as "ЧатДжиПиТи".
01 Michael in Russian is it Michael or Mikhail? Both variants are correct, they just answer different questions. Michael conveys the sound of English...
July 27, 2026
Russian stress trainer for children and adults
01 Why can't Russian stress be determined by a rule? Russian stress is variable and mobile. It can fall on any syllable…
July 26, 2026
The Runet Language from "preved" to "cringe"
An ordinary word doesn't have a birth date. No one can say in what year Russians started saying «bread» or «road»; linguists argue...
July 26, 2026
Ivan Kupala and the night that coincided with the solstice
The sunniest holiday on the Russian calendar is celebrated when the sun has already been waning for two weeks. The solstice in this century...
July 26, 2026
