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Mikhail Zoshchenko: Soviet Humorist Who Made Millions Laugh
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko was known throughout the Soviet Union. And not only there. He amused millions of people with his stories and feuilletons. …
National Hispanic Heritage Month: How Latinos Continue to Shape Modern America
The USA is a multinational country. But there is the largest ethnic group. And it deserves special attention. And that is -- Latinos. They...
Homework Help: When Parents Support Learning and When They Hurt It
Homework often becomes a big problem for children and parents. It's an opportunity to get a good grade or lower the average. Very...
Why Your Child Refuses to Go to School — and How to Help
School is a new stage in the lives of all children and their parents. But not all children are happy about it. It happens...
Redundant Words You Should Stop Using Right Now
There are already over 8 billion people on Earth, and each of them speaks in their own way. Unfortunately, many people make mistakes in their speech...
Trendy sections for kids in 2026
Parents think about their child's future from the very moment they are born. They want to give them the maximum skills and opportunities so that the child can find...
Silent terror for bilinguals: homonyms, homophones and complex Russian
Foreigners are terrified of the Russian language! Not only does it have a huge number of rules to learn. There are also...
The mysterious letter Y: uniqueness and origin
The Russian language has undergone many changes over its hundreds of years of existence. You probably wouldn't understand a person who lived 500 years ago today...
St. Petersburg and New York: Two Capitals of Art
What do Saint Petersburg and New York have in common? Far more than just the fact that their names are hyphenated. They are two cultural capitals…
International Literacy Day: Why September 8 Matters
Did you know that literate people have their own holiday? September 8th is International Literacy Day. And it is…