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Your Honour, Lady Luck
The song “Ваше Благородие, Госпожа Удача” (Your Honour, Lady Luck) has been written by Bulat Okydzhava in 1967, and is the main theme song in the
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“Winter Evening” – A. Pushkin
Alexandr Pushkin is one of the greatest Russian poet of all time. He is also famous for modernising Russian language. “Зимний Вечер” (Winter Evening) is a
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Around Kaliningrad – National Park of Curonian Spit
Perhaps even more than the capital city of Kaliningrad, the region which bear the same name is famous for its Baltic coast, which always been know
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The City of Kaliningrad
Leningrad, Stalingrad, Sverdlovsk, Kuybyshev, Kaliningrad… During the Soviet times, it was a tradition to name towns of some importance after the name of a prominent figure
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Maslenitsa, the week of Festivities
Maslenitsa has always been celebrated, even during the Soviet times when all religious holidays were banned. People would then observe the festive side of the holiday,
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Maslenitsa, or the Pancakes Festival
One of the merriest holiday in Russia is certainly Масленица (Maslenitsa) also called сырная неделя (the cheese week). This ancient Slavic festival has its origins in
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