Every year there is a special day dedicated to celebrating all the achievements of women. International Women’s day is celebrated in Russia every 8th of March and is a national holiday. This international holiday was invented in 1910 by a German communist activist and women’s rights advocate Clara Zetkin. She aimed to give women a
Despite the difficult time of coronavirus people still search new destinations to travel. As far as we present you Russia, we would like to inspire you to go there when the first possibility for this will appear. If you read our blog, you have already read about Russian ways of entertainment, Russian traditions etc. Today
The 23rd of February, the Defender of the Fatherland Day, is also often called ‘Russian men’s day’. What do Russians do during this holiday? Is it only for men or women can celebrate it too? We are going to answer these and even more questions over one of the most important holidays of modern Russia.
Entertainments fulfill our lives with emotions and background which help us to go through rough times. Nowadays when the majority of people are isolated because of lockdowns, it`s nice to remember our «old good days» and plan the coming future without any restrictions, that`s why we decided to share five typical Russian ways of entertainments
Russian Christmas (Рождество́ Христо́во in Russian) is probably the most important Orthodox holiday after Easter. Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on the 7th of January (the 25th of December on the Julian calendar) because the Russian Orthodox church operates on a Julian calendar that is currently 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. In the Soviet Union,
December is the most magical month of the year when almost all the people around the world prepare for the Christmas. In every country, we can find a lot of beautiful Christmas traditions but all of them have one thing in common. No matter how old we are, we still believe (strongly or less) in
When foreigners talk or think about Russia it provokes mixed feelings. From one side, such things as exotic Russian food or Russian way of driving terrify them. From another side, everybody is captured by the Russian ballet or architecture. Sometimes people are disappointed by not seeing bears on the street (according to all stereotypes about
In our time of Internet, messengers, Instagram and all social medias we have a great opportunity to find out more about different local cultures. Russia is well known as a country of mystery and unusual things which exist just there. To support or maybe to break this image we want to present you our first
Dear russophiles! We are happy to announce that our school has launched a new project: we are going to publish Russian culture tests every month. They will be based on Russian traditions and customs, Russian everyday life, Russian literature and history, Russian films and cartoons. etc. Today, we have prepared a test on Dostoyevsky’s life