How difficult could it be to translate one short phrase into Russian? However, when you attempt to translate a completely foreign concept...

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

Some people think that tutoring is just for those students who are struggling in class. It might be true for many academic disciplines;...

It’s interesting that the Russian word репети́тор (tutor) comes from the Latin word repetitor and denotes a person who repeats. There are...

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

Over the centuries, English and Russian have expanded their vocabularies by borrowing words from different languages. For that reason, we...

How many times in your life you have heard the words Don’t forget! In Russian, the corresponding phrase will be Не забу́дь! (informal) or...

For the first time in many semesters, I have my beginning Russian class almost full - 29 out of 30 students possible. We always had...

Masha and the Bear - Маша и Медведь - is one of the most popular Russian cartoon series, and it's getting more and more popular all over...

“Masha and the Bear” is one of the most popular Russian cartoon series with two cute main characters - the annoying girl Masha and the...

Many people are familiar with traditional Russian main dishes and soups such as borsch, blini, or golubstsi; however, not too many people...

The adjective бесплатный is a very useful word because it's always good to know what is free or free of charge. As any other adjective,...