The sun’s direction for children and why the south was previously called the midday
The old Pomeranian compass had no letters N and S. The compass itself in the White Sea was called a matka. It was a round wooden box…
1 October 2026
Volcanoes for children and why volcanic ash isn’t really ash
After the volcano eruption, the city might look like a giant fire pit that has been burning there all night. Grey roofs. Grey cars. You have to drive on the road...
30 September 2026
Mountains for children and how the seabed turned out to be on Mount Everest
There is something at the top of Mount Everest that would be more logically to be looked for in a completely different place: the seabed. Not water, of course, and…
29 September 2026
Natural areas for children and why the tundra is called a place where there is nothing
«Yes, there's a tundra here.» That's what the guests who came to the new suburb said, and they couldn't find a single cafe nearby.…
29 September 2026
What kind of card to choose for a child, if in Russian terms a card is also a card?
«Take the card.» A child from a Russian family in the USA or Canada might ask you about this phrase. Which one? The one on the wall,…
28 September 2026
The child answered in English, five ways to react in the next ten seconds
In many Russian-speaking families, the first word a child says is «mama,» and parents then tell stories for years about where it happened, in a stroller, on a…
28 September 2026
The Golden Horde and the Mongol yoke: the history of a single Moscow coin
A coin the size of a fingernail, curved, silver. On one side is a Russian royal inscription. On the other is an Arabic inscription. In the «Description of Ancient Russian…
28 September 2026
Why proverbs and jokes are difficult to translate literally
Imagine a family history. Someone mistakenly signed the box with Christmas toys «soup». They left the inscription, and now at the New Year in…
27 September 2026
Why «let's do it» can mean five different things
There are Russian words that are easy to translate until you hear them at home. «Let’s go» is one of them. Mom can reach out her hand…
27 September 2026
Why two hours, but not a single hour, and where did the other Russian number go?
Say out loud the four combinations. One hour. No hours. Two hours. Five hours. The school tables say that after «two» the noun…
26 September 2026
