Mushroom Hunting Season in Russia
If you have ever happened to enjoy the traditional Russian cuisine, you would have noticed that mushrooms are a crucial ingredient for ...
My name is Rachel, and I will be spending the next 3 months interning and studying Russian at Liden and Denz, in Russia’s cultural capital, St Petersburg.
I first became ...
Understanding the origins of the Russian language is not only an important step in understanding the language itself, but can also offer a wealth of insight into the culture ...
Hello everyone! My name is Bence, and I come from the amazing capital city of Hungary, Budapest. It will be my second time in the breathtaking city of Saint Petersburg, and I ...
The Scarlet Sails - or Алые Паруса (Alye Parusa) - is one of the main public events of the Russian Summer, and for any visitors who are lucky enough to be staying in ...
Kazan - in the west hardly known is the beautiful capital of the semi-autonomous Republic of Tatarstan with its more than one million inhabitants after Moscow and St. ...
Today Russia is the largest country on Earth by area, and covers more than one-eighth of the planet's inhabited land area. But how did it get to be so big? The answer to this ...
After several months in Russia, it is time for me to say goodbye. I have had a wonderful time here at Liden & Denz and I have met some lovely people.
Although I had ...
A lesser known part of Russian history is the widespread emigration that happened during the Soviet Union. After the Communist revolution in 1917, a vast wave of 1-3 million ...
A very Russian institution
The St. Petersburg metro is often praised for its beauty but it is also a place full of little stores, nooks and crannies which I found myself ...
I feel betrayed. Absolutely betrayed. It’s been three whole days in Moscow and I haven’t seen a single bear, a trace of snow or even a bottle of vodka. I flew all the way from ...
The first three days I spent in Moscow were cold, windy and cloudy. It seemed autumn was already here. Then, on September 13th at 10am it stopped raining and the sun suddenly ...
