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

The vast majority of Russians identify as Orthodox Christians, loyal to the religion that came here more than thousand years ago. However, many Russians see their Christian identity as quite symbolic. When a priest at the most Eastern Orthodox church in Russia, situated on the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea (almost 5,000 miles east of Moscow), starts to conduct his morning liturgy at 8 AM, the […]

Kazan Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg. Kazan Cathedral, constructed between 1801 and 1811 by the architect Andrei Voronikhin, was built to an enormous scale and boasts an impressive stone colonnade, […]

How to say “I’m sorry” in Russian? Извините! Простите!  These mean:  “I’m sorry”  “Excuse me” or “Pardon me”  How can you use  it?  You can use both in a range of situations, from such light offenses as bumping into someone to something graver, such as spoiling a surprise.  If you are interrupting someone with a […]

Today in Russia we celebrate International Women’s Day!  International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. But in Russia this is the public holiday and nobody works.   All men buy flowers and present these flowers to all  women regardless   their age.   C 8 марта!   You can write this […]

While ago I wrote the article How to define your knowledge of Russian?  I would like to continue and to describe each level and I will start with Elementary level of knowledge of Russian.  Usually it takes 80-100 study hours to get this level . At this level students : know Russian alphabet, able to read and […]

How do you wish good luck in Russian? One of the most common wishes of good luck in Russian language sounds as: Ни пуха ни пера!  It’s quite strange if you know Russian, because  пух means down, перо means feather. Pay attention that this is not a simple way of wishing  success, you should use […]

All Moscow cowered in snow and ice: Kremlin, Red square, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow city, Old city center, Gorky park, Novodevichiy monastery and much more. All flights performed in a cold weather -10C to -20C. Enjoy 😉

How to say Goodbye in Russian? До свидания!   Read, when you should use it?   The usual and polite way to say goodbye in almost any situation is Do svidaniya! (duh svee-dah-nee-ye), which literally means “Till (the next) meeting.”

click on the photo to enlarge Translation: 1. абрикос    apricot / albicocca       2. вишня        cherry/ciliegia 3. яблоко        apple/mela              4. нектарин     nectarine /nettarina      5. дыня            melon/melone          6. персик         peach/pesca            7. лимон          lime/ limone          8. хурма          persimmon /cachi            9. банан            banana/banana         10. виноград      grape/uva             11. арбуз            watermelon/ anguria, cocomero  12. апельсин      orange/arancia         13. ананас            pineapple/ananas         14. груша […]

Let’s continue discovering the Russian verbs and its meanings.  The topic “50 shades” became very popular and many people want to get to know better Russian verbs.  Let’s get to know all the shades of  the Russian verb «бить» БИТЬ- ПОБИТЬ  Probably you have already met this verb many times in your textbooks or  in simple stories (if […]

Do you know who is Dostoevsky?    Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky  (Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский)11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher.  Dostoyevsky’s literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical andreligious themes. Have you ever read books by Dostoevsky?   Do you know who is Leo Tolstoy? […]

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