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 outline map is filled out, the child is happy, and the parent looks at the sheet and doesn't know whether to scold or praise. There are about nine remarks piling up,...
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...
Seven-year-old Nika from Vancouver returned home with a science assignment where she had to color and label the seven continents. Her mother...
In the summer, a Russian-speaking family in the States was talking via video call with their grandmother, and the mother asked her daughter to show on the map the city where...
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…