Interesting Russia
Have you noticed that there were no posts yesterday? That’s because it was a national holiday on November 4th, which lasted for three days, including Monday, so nobody worked yesterday. Well, except our students and teachers, who had classes as usual. What kind of holiday is Russian Unity Day? Unity Day (also called Day of People’s Unity or National […]
Dalia Research made a survey to find out how many people from different countries have cats at home They asked more than 43,000 people worldwide whether they had felines. Russians were the most enthusiastic cat fans, the only nation where more than half of respondents had cats, 59% of people surveyed said they keep a […]
Greatest Russian inventors There were and are now so many talented people in Russia: engineers, scientists, artists (excluding Pyotr Pavlensky LOL)… In this post we are going to tell you about 5 greatest inventions that were made in Russia (Russian Empire, Russian SFSR, Russian Federation). 1. Radio A.S. Popov, a professor of physics, showed his […]
to arrange perfect Russian New Year’s Eve! + some New Year Russian slang It is typical of Russians to celebrate New Year’s Eve large and loudly. Even 24/7 busy Russian language teachers put away the books and make up their minds to an exciting celebration. Here are top 5 things you better buy before your […]
If you google “Symbols of Russia” you’ll find everything – from vodka to Russian Two-headed Eagle. But there is not much about Russian nature and its symbols. It’s a pity because if you want to understand Russian symbolism better (in poetry for example) you really need to know what’s special for us among trees and […]
From Norway southwards around South Sweden across the Baltic Sea and the Bay of Finland to Saint Petersburg, then up the Neva river, through lots of lakes and Belomorsk Canal to the White Sea and then to the West, back to Norway by KAYAK! Erling from Norway came to Petrozavodsk “Enjoy Russian” Language School just […]