The free online service nezarastet.ru prepared 365 newsletters with poems by Alexander Pushkin, Russia’s most revered poet. Gorky media reports that “Nezarastet” is a Russian website about literature, and the name refers to Pushkin’s poem, “Я памятник себе воздвиг нерукотворный К нему не зарастет народная тропа…” (“I’ve raised to myself a monument not built by human hands/The people’s path to […]
Russian letter Ё To write or not to write the Russian letter «Ё»? This is the question. If you just started to learn Russian language, may be you have already mentioned that sometimes, even very often we don’t write two dots above this letter and use the letter “е” instead of “ё”. Do you know why? To […]
After the Russian preposition C (with) Instrumental case is always used: Пироги с… Pies with… С мясом – with meat С капустой -with cabbage С лососем- with salmon С вишней – with cherry С творогом – with cottage cheese С брусникой – with red bilberries С клубникой- with strawberry
by Russia beyond Every Russian city will be within easy reach for many foreign tourists starting January 2021, with the e-visa itself costing no more than $50. Here’s what we know so far about the large-scale entry visa reform. From January 1, 2021, many visitors to Russia will be able to travel to any Russian […]
Day of St. Valentine or in Russian День святого Валентина, или День всех влюблённых — праздник, который 14 февраля отмечают многие люди по всему миру. Предположительно назван по имени одного из двух раннехристианских мучеников с именем Валентина — Валентина Интерамнского и Валентина Римского. If you’d like to write a message to your beloved, to your […]
English writer and translator Mary Hobson decided to learn Russian at the age of 56, graduating in her sixties and completing a PhD aged 74. Now fluent in Russian, Hobson has translated “Eugene Onegin” and other poems by Pushkin, “Woe from Wit” by Griboyedov, and has won the Griboyedov Prize and Pushkin Medal for her […]
Yesterday, I when I was going home in the evening – I saw this place. ‘ I was heavily confused. If some days ago one of my students would ask me what does “дайнер” mean I would consider him a bit crazy. Anyway, here it is: the strange and ugly word “дайнер” in the centre […]
More than 20 Russian/Soviet films were included in the list of films that need to be watched by students enrolled in Harvard University’s cinema studies program. The list is made up of 800 best films of world cinema, including Russian films by renowned directors such as ‘War and Peace’ by Sergei Bondarchuk, ‘Ordinary fascism’ by […]
Spent beautiful winter vacations in 2023 and study Russian in Uzbekistan! Did you know that people in Uzbekistan speak Russian? Yes, they do! 9 January – 5 February 2023 / 20 February – 19 March 2023 Why Uzbekistan? First of all, citizens citizens of EU countries and of Switzerland need no visa for Uzbekistan if the trip is […]
The park and museum Tsaritsyno is situated in Moscow was founded in 1984. This place is known from the late 16th century, when it belonged to Tsaritsa Irina, sister of Tsar Boris Godunov. In 1775, the estate was bought by empress Catherine the Great, who happened to be passing through the area and fell in […]
Just five days before the start of the World Cup, the Uruguayan actress and singer Natalia Oreiro presented the official video clip for her new song “United by love”, dedicated to the 2018 Russian Football World Cup, which talks about peace, love and the importance of uniting all people . Natalia sings Spanish, English and […]
Хотите чай , чая or чаю? When students start learning Russian one of the first verbs they meet – is the verb «хотеть» (to want) and that obvious because they need this verb and start using it from the very beginning expressing their wishes. Russian language grammar: the Partitive Genitive case According to […]
The city of Vyborg is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Finland in the northwest of the Russia, in Karelia region. Vyborg is the first place to welcome visitors coming to Saint Petersburg from Scandinavian countries via Finland. Photographer: Egra
