10.02.2016

Tsarskoye Selo is Our True Home (part 1)

October 19 is a date that every Russian remembers from his school days. On that day, 200 years ago exactly, the Lyceum opened, an establishment from […]
09.02.2016

Az, Buki, Vedi … the Beginning of School in Russia

In Russia, in the 12th century, only few people could read and write. It was taught to children entering to the service of the church, and […]
09.02.2016

The First Museums in Russia

The first museums in Russia were opened in 1714, when Tsar Peter the Great displayed his first collection of amazing items, among which were machines, engineering […]
05.02.2016

Our Students visited The Tretyakov Gallery

Третьяковская галерея – это место, которое должен посетить каждый неравнодушный к русской культуре и живописи. The Tretyakov Gallery is the place that should be visited by […]
05.02.2016

Tretyakov Gallery

Tretyakov Gallery is one of the greatest art museum in the world, в котором собраны лучшие произведения русской живописи, скульптуры и графики с XI века до […]
29.01.2016

The Origin of Moscow Street names (part 2)

You can read the first part of our article about the origin of Moscow street names. Many streets of Moscow got their name from old settlements […]
29.01.2016

The Origin of Moscow Street Names (part 1)

The territory of modern Moscow has long been occupied by men. In Shchukin, in Lyalov on the Klyazma river, in Davydkov, on the river Setun, in […]
03.12.2015

What Soviet Newspapers Do You Have?

During the mid-70s, when Советская Россия (Soviet Russia) was still достаточно стабильна (fairly stable) and the people единодушно голосовали за (unanimously voted for) the party, funny […]
30.11.2015

Live Great Russian Language Dictionary

When learning Russian, it is impossible not to refer to an explanatory dictionary. The most extensive and original one, which has no equivalent in other nations, […]
26.11.2015

Yaroslavl, the City of Unsurpassed Beauty

Город Ярославль (the city of Yaroslavl) was named after its founder, великого князя Ярослава Мудрого (the Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise). It was founded in the […]