Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is one of the greatest Russian poets of all time. June the 6th is the 220th anniversary of the poet, but even today people from all over the world sill know, remember, and appreciate his works. In this article, we would like to tell you about Pushkin’s biography and works.
Russia Day is an important state holiday for all people in Russia. It is celebrated every year on June 12. Until 2002 this holiday used to have a different name – Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia. Russia Day is considered to be one of the newest state holidays.
Every language has lots of phrases that refer to both animals and people. The Russian language is not an exception. Every animal has its own features that we also can refer to people. Let’s look at 10 fun Russian phrases about animals.
There is a large number of rivers in Russia. However, the Volga is the most magnificent one. The image of this mighty river is displayed in the folk art, as well as in the works of different artists, writers, and musicians.
Every day we express a large number of different emotions even without thinking about it. We react at various things and situations. Since emotions are one of the integral parts of our everyday life, in this article we decided to tell you about how to express emotions in Russian.
It’s been 60 years since the Soviet Union launched its first artificial satellite into Earth orbit. On October 4th, 1957, the space device which was called PS-1 (Prosteyshiy Sputnik-1 “Elementary Satellite 1”) was launched by a rocket form the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
People receive their surnames when they are born, they use their surnames in all important documents, in addition, surnames are really significant for any person. However, people hardly ever think of the origins of their surnames. Therefore, our today’s article will tell you about the origins of the most common Russian surnames.
Education in Russia is a set of study programs which are compiled in accordance with the regulations on the state standard of education. However, the system of education in Russia has its special features which we are going to look closer at in this article.
In this article, we would like to tell you about a great person who was the first man to fly into space. 50 years ago, on March 27th, Yury Gagarin, the first cosmonaut in the world, died.
In order to better understand Russian people, we publish 10 interesting facts about Russia, its history and modern time, nature, people and their interrelations with surrounding world.