Veliky Novgorod is one of the oldest cities in Russia. The town is located on the picturesque banks of the river Volkhov. Novgorod was first mentioned […]
In our first part, you discovered that the first Russian newspaper was a single handwritten copy. Read now the history of the first printed paper. December […]
Первая русская газета называлась “Куранты” и была рукописной (The first Russian newspaper was called the “Kuranty” and was handwritten). The name “Kuranty” comes from the French […]
Following our last article about animate/inanimate nouns in Russian, I wanted to add few things on this subject. Accusative form can have two endings, depending if […]
The accusative case is particular in the sense that masculine nouns have two possible endings depending if they are одушевлённые (animate) or неодушевлённые (inanimate). If they […]
Болотная площадь (Bolotnaya square) is a small park located between the Moskva river and the banks of Водоотводный канал (Vodootvodny Canal), close from the Tretyakov Gallery. […]
Alexander Sokolov (1941-2009) was a Russian sculptor. The Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Petrovka street presented a retrospective of his work called “I am”. His […]
Наталья Нестерова (Natalia Nesterova) was born in 1944, in a family of architects. In 1968, she graduated from the Surikov Institute. And almost immediately, she made […]
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