Interesting Petrozavodsk
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 […]
Petrozavodsk is the capital of the Republic of Karelia, the administrative, industrial, tourist, scientific and cultural center of the North-West Federal District of Russia. Petrozavodsk is not a big city with a population of 277 thousand. Act like locals! Felix: The city is not big, thus why it is not a problem to walk from […]
Let’s play! What to do if in the evening after classes you still feel that you are willing to learn more new Russian words? We have an idea! Our students together with EnjoyRussian School volunteers spend time at the place named “Good Place”. How does it look like? That’s a space, where you can play […]
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 […]
Visiting the Fine Arts Museum in Petrozavodsk with a guide is always a fine idea The Fine Arts Museum of the Republic of Karelia has great collections of art: icon painting, Russian art of different periods (from XV till XX centuries) and, of course, art of Karelian Republic.Despite the fact that The Fine Arts Museum […]
Reinvent Russian novel “Anna Karenina” Our students had a chance to see well known novel , written be Lev Tolstoy “Anna Karenina” in unfamiliar format. They visited Musical Theatre of Republic of Karelia in order to see how to dance this tragic story. Visiting a theatre in Russia it is always a kind of feast. […]
Discover Karelian culture throught the dance
Guided tour is a chance to get a secret information about the city
Some people might presume that theater in Petrozavodsk is, to a certain extent, provincial. Students of the “Enjoy Russian” school went behind its curtains and were pleasantly surprised: it turned out, our Musical Theater has a lot to offer
Here is a story of how our students immersed into Russian folklore and made their own traditional Karelian dolls