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«Have not a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends.» «An old friend is better than two new ones.» Read both in succession. The first one tells you to make friends...
The evening of February 20, 1877, Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre. The premiere is taking place, the ballet «Swan Lake,» with music written by Conservatory professor Pyotr Tchaikovsky, for...
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...
What to write to grandma if the child’s Russian writing is very poor? Take the shortest three-line version and don't chase…
Cases are the number one thing that trips up children who grew up abroad. A child speaks fluently, and then suddenly says
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,...
01 Michael in Russian is it Michael or Mikhail? Both variants are correct, they just answer different questions. Michael conveys the sound of English...
01 Why can't Russian stress be determined by a rule? Russian stress is variable and mobile. It can fall on any syllable…
An ordinary word doesn't have a birth date. No one can say in what year Russians started saying «bread» or «road»; linguists argue...
The sunniest holiday on the Russian calendar is celebrated when the sun has already been waning for two weeks. The solstice in this century...
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