Interesting Russia
Art festival LASTOCHKA (what means a swallow bird) is a unique and young project based in Petrozavodsk. It is a nonprofit festival, exhibition, concert, poetry evening and performance – all in one. It’s a chance to dive into the independent creative world of Petrozavodsk presented by audio-visual and digital perfomances and more familiar traditional drawing […]
Daria from South Korea shares what she misses the most about Russia Welcome to the weekly edition of Matryoshka’s Diary. This week our guest Daria, who moved to South Korea in 2015, shares what she misses the most about Russia. Summer is a holiday time for school and university students in Russia Many working people […]
Interview with Vlad from California For this week’s edition of Matryoshka’s Diary, Enjoy Russian school author Elena interviewed Vlad, who was born on the Far East of Russia and now lives in California. Vlad shares with us what Russian summer food he misses the most My top three Russian summer foods are kvas, okroshka, and […]
In today’s post, our guest Tatiana Klimova tells about chernomyrdinkas. “What?” You may ask. Well, Russians love quoting phrases from books, films, and political speeches. These aphorisms (winged expressions) is an important part of Russian culture. One of the politicians the Russian like to quote is Viktor Chernomyrdin. Chernomyrdin’s speech was sometimes behind his thoughts […]
Since Enjoy Russian Language School offers 2 types of courses this autumn – in a friendly town called Petrozavodsk and Siberian gem Baikal – we decided to tell about each course more in details. Read and choose the most suitable one. Here are 5 questions that will help you to decide. 3 answers from Enjoy […]
Once the days become warmer and sunnier all Russians ahead to their dachas or just outside the city to make shashiki. Luckily, Karelia is a land of lakes, forests and just beautiful nature spots and there is no need to go far away from the city to enjoy nature and silence. Shashlik – this word […]
Good Friday, Clean Thursday and other notions all Russians know On the 28th of April people in Russia will celebrate Easter, one of the main holidays known as Paskha (Пасха). In this post, Elena Killiakova, our author of Matryoshka’s Diary tells about historical background, traditions and the way Russians celebrate this holiday. When do Russians […]
Enjoy Russian school Q&A with Felix from Scotland Felix came to Petrozavodsk 2 months ago. At that time, he knew only a few words in Russian but now he is able to express his thoughts on many topics and his vocabulary has grown enormously. We decided to make a short interview with the student who […]
… Or make by yourself when in Russia Since Russian cuisine has plenty of delicious things, (last time we showed weird food) we decided to tell about the top 5 desserts every foreigner should try. Most of them are easy to cook and the products in recipes might be found in ordinary grocery stores. Read, […]
What is so specail about this fifth month? May is the first warm and pleasant month after a severe winter in Karelia. The first leaves are putting forth, the first flowers delight eyes. But there is still something more special and thrilling in this month for all people who live in Russia. The name of […]