Samovar (самова́р) is a Russian word that consists of two roots – sam (сам), meaning ‘self’, and var (вар), derived from varit’...

Are Russians superstitious? Do they believe in superstitions and omens? In fact, Russian culture has a lot of superstitions.

Everyone who happened to live in the Soviet Russia remembers that Thursday is the fish day. On Thursdays, all public catering places,...