Russian folk tales, the most beloved by children
Ask a child who grew up abroad, and they'll list all the Disney princesses without missing a beat, recall the talking animals from the latest cartoon...
July 9, 2026
Russia for kids, interesting facts about the country
Imagine a country so vast that a holiday is celebrated not all at once, but like a wave. While on the easternmost edge, children...
July 9, 2026
Vowel reduction, why we write one thing and say another
The word "milk." In writing, it has three 'o's in a row, one after another. Now say it out loud, without...
July 7, 2026
How to pronounce Russian words, rules of stress
The child points at a picture with towers and a moat and proudly says, "Castle." They mean a fairy-tale fortress, a palace...
July 7, 2026
Family, Love, and Fidelity Day, a holiday with a chamomile instead of a rose
In mid-February, a child growing up far from Russia brings home paper hearts and Valentine's cards from school, because Valentine's Day is in...
July 7, 2026
The Bolshoi Theatre: History of the World's Premier Ballet
Once, at the height of the war, the country's main theater disappeared. It didn't burn down, it didn't collapse, it simply vanished from the map of Moscow. The enemy...
July 7, 2026
Russian rock, a history from Tsoi to the present day
Imagine a stoker. A basement, a rusty furnace, a shovel, a mountain of coal, a long night shift, a face covered in black dust. Now imagine that this…
July 7, 2026
Great Russian Artists, from the Peredvizhniki to the Avant-Garde
In an American school's art class, names hang on the wall. Van Gogh with his bandaged ear, Monet with his water lilies, Picasso, Frida...
July 6, 2026
Why good grades don't guarantee success and what soft skills have to do with it
«I don't have time to monitor my son. And without monitoring, he's not making progress.» That's what a mom from Chicago wrote to me. Her son...
July 6, 2026
Why do Russian churches have onion-shaped domes?
The child points at the screen and laughs. On the loading screen for the game, there's a building with bright, winding turrets, and the child...
July 5, 2026
