In the city of Kolchugino in the Vladimir region, they are still making a product that looks as if it was forgotten to be taken off the production line years ago...
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…
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…
Imagine a family history. Someone mistakenly signed the box with Christmas toys «soup». They left the inscription, and now at the New Year in…
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…
«Palmas» are the points that the teacher gives at the end of a lesson. The maximum score you can get for a lesson is 2 points, and…
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...
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...
In 1860 in Saratov, amateurs staged an act from the drama «Bobyl». Among the inserted numbers was a song performed by...
The story is usually told in two sentences. A girl was selling fruit at a market in Nizhny Novgorod, she was noticed, she left for Paris...
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