The Altai Mountains form the tallest mountain range in southern Siberia and are separated by deep river valleys and vast intermountain hollows. The Altai stretches into Central Asia and crosses four state borders: Russian, Mongolian, Chinese and Kazakh. Russian photographer captures peaks, valleys and rivers of Altai.
After the FIFA World Cup, the most iconic piece of Russian headwear is now the ‘kokoshnik,’ replacing the ‘ushanka’ ear-flapped hat, which thanks to the movie ‘Armageddon’ came to symbolize the popular stereotype of the inebriated Russian. Let’s unpick the story behind the ‘kokoshnik,’ and discover how patriotic pride brought this folk accessory back in […]
April 12, 1961, will always be remembered in history as the day when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who was only 27 years old at the time, became the first man in space. Sputnik remembers Gagarin and his historic flight by sharing 10 commonly unknown facts about the world’s first cosmonaut. Read more:
< These funny and amazing sculptures are made by creative Russian farmers Roman Ponomarev and Alexey Harin. Statues and sculptures of different animals and even of Egyptian pyramids with sphinx were created from hay and straw.
De nombreux utilisateurs de plateformes de paris en ligne se retrouvent bloques au moment de retirer leurs gains. La situation est frequente : un parieur place ses mises, accumule des benefices, puis decouvre que son retrait est en attente ou refuse. Dans la grande majorite des cas, le probleme vient d’une verification KYC incomplete ou […]
Click on the picture to enlarge The bold letter is stressed Волосы hair Голова head Глаза eyes Нос nose Рот mouth Губы lips Зубы teeth Уши ears Шея […]
Knowledge Day or День Знаний, often simply called 1 of September, ( Первое сентября) is the day when the school year traditionally starts in Russia and many other former Soviet republics. In all cities, towns and villages, well-dressed students arrive at school with a bunch of flowers. The celebration begins when children stand in line (линейка) and are welcomed by the director of the […]
Svetlana Pavlova/TASS He raises three children, teaches Chinese, and blogs – all in record-breaking low temperatures. Mark Babatunde from Nigeria never thought he would one day be living in a Russian town of fewer than 10,000 people. He dreaded how the locals eat raw meat, and temperatures falling to -50C. Yet, he settled there, found a teaching […]
There are 12 astrological signs which are called the zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Each of the 12 horoscope signs belongs to one of the four elements – Air, Fire, Water and Earth. People believe that these elements represent […]
Dear Russian language learners! Today is Russian Language Day! Congratulations! Russian language Day is celebrated annually on June 6. The event was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. United Nations Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, a Russian poet who is considered the father […]
No other soup pits people in Russia against each other in the same way okroshka does. We talk about what works best – kvass or kefir – and guide you through the whole process! The first appearance of okroshka soup on record was in the Nikolay Osipov book ‘The Old Russian Homemaker, Housekeeper and Cook’, […]
Дать, отдать-отдавать, передать-передавать,раздать-раздавать, предать-предавать,продать – продавать,издать-издавать выдать- выдавать, задать-задавать, обдать-обдавать ,придать-придавать, подать-подавать, надавать, сдать-сдавать, выдаться-выдаваться, отдаться-отдаваться, передаться-передаваться, раздаться-раздаваться, сдаться-сдаваться, удаться-удаваться вдаться-вдаваться All these verbs are stem words of the the Russian verb “дать” which simply denotes “to give smth to somebody” . At the same time this verb with different prefixes makes a lot of new meanings, which are widely used. Let’s get to know how to use […]
Russian vocabulary: face Face vocabulary: лицо face волосы hair кожа skin бровь eyebrow ресница eyelash ухо ear нос nose родинка birthmark губа lip подбородок chin лоб forehead висок temple глаз eye […]
New Year and Christmas – its time to be hopeful, have new dreams and make some new resolutions for the new year in your life. Its time to connect with each other and make new year wishes. Its time to move on and embrace what’s new. New year means a lot of new dreams and new […]