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Russian tea tradition and the cup that still travels on the train

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...

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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What are «Palmas» and how can a child earn them?

«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…

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What Russian and Polish have in common and where the traps begin

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...

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«Lolita in Russian, a book that the author himself translated with disappointment

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...

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Russian folk song and Kalinka, which has an author

In 1860 in Saratov, amateurs staged an act from the drama «Bobyl». Among the inserted numbers was a song performed by...

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Natalia Vodianova: What lies behind the Cinderella story from Nizhny Novgorod

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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