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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 […]
Your birthday is a great day to gather all your friends and family together and accept congratulations, compliments and, of course, presents.As everywhere it’s impossible to imagine Birthday party without a cake and candles. By the way, very often Russians like to make cakes by themselves and share birthday cake with colleagues at work. People […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
What does Felix from Scotland think about Halva? Find out in the video!