29.11.2016

Idioms from Griboyedov’s comedy “The Woes of Wit”

The action of A.S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Горе от ума”…
22.10.2016

Marina Tsvetaeva “Here in my Moscow”

 Marina Tvsetaeva (1892 – 1941) was a Russian and Soviet poet whose work is considered among the greatest of the 20th century…
20.10.2016

Russian Poetry: “Весёлый Турист”

Travel has a long tradition in Russia. During the Soviet times, excursions were a way to educate Soviet citizens…
19.10.2016

Physical Description

As a doctor, and one of the greatest Russian writers of short stories, A. P. Chekhov description of people are always concise and precise…
19.02.2016

Russian Words Invented by Writers

The apparition of new words in the literary language is often related with the changes of epochs in the development of the culture of a country, […]
16.02.2016

Krylov’s fables

Иван Андреевич Крылов (Ivan Andreevich Krylov, 1769-1844), the most famous Russian fabulist, keeping a fatherly eye on the twelve metal relief sculptures representing a small part […]
17.12.2015

Film, Film, Film… the Animation

“Фильм, фильм, фильм” (Film, film, film) is an animation directed by Фёдор Хитрук (Fyodor Khitruk) in 1968. It is a parody of the film making process […]
17.12.2015

“MuMu” – the Russian Animation

Mumu is the simple and sad story of an old tyrannical барыня (landowner’s wife) and Gerasim, a глухонемой (deaf and dumb) peasant brought from the countryside […]
17.12.2015

Tea Time in Moscow

Drinking tea in Moscow is a real phenomenon! And it’s not just a phenomenon, but an originally, truly and exclusively Muscovite one. In older times, people […]
08.12.2015

Mikhail Lermontov (part 2)

The 1st part of our article relates the chilhood and the youth of the great poet, Mikhail Lermontov. Read now his tragic destiny. You can also […]