Who doesn’t like a good cake?
First introducing itself to me at a Russian restaurant in Riga, while I was a student at Liden and Denz, medovik made a strong impression. My ...
A matter of personal taste
If you ask any Muscovite what they think of St. Petersburg and any Peterburger what they think of Moscow, they almost always will answer “I love it ...
How are Russian churches different than western churches? How are they similar? What is religious life in Russia like, generally speaking?
For most Russians, faith is a ...
Listening to Russian outside the classroom can feel difficult. People often speak quickly. In addition, everyday conversations do not always follow the vocabulary found in ...
How I speed up reading classical Russian literature
If you love to read classical Russian literature in the original (like I do), Wiki Слово (WikiWord) is one of those rare ...
Are you looking for your next read? Do you like Russian literature? Well, why not give Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita' a go! It is a strange yet fascinating ...
Anton Chekhov is one of the most renowned names in Russian literature. In a previous post, we talked about Chekhov's book 'The Island of Sakhalin'. Today, however, the focus ...
Soviet cinema is a wonderful thing. Bygone, but familiar and very human, it is distinguished also by its range of expression, from the intensity of Tarkovsky's Stalker, to the ...
Russian literature is renowned for its profound depth, complex characters, and exploration of the human soul. Over the decades, many of these literary masterpieces have been ...
Yesterday, Joolee, a student from Alaska, and I walked through Riga's Moscow District to reach the Grebenshchikov Old Believers' House of Prayer. Old Believers represent a ...
Dostoevsky- a life in letters
There is an inexpressible but irresistibly clear divide between Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, perhaps the two greatest and most renowned Russian ...
Like many others, Dostoevsky condemned me to the study of Russian. I am inclined to believe it is impossible to understand his genius without understanding his faith; none of ...
