A few years ago, when typing in the Microsoft Word Document, these words were immediately underlined red. The spellcheck didn't recognize...

Одни́м из са́мых стра́шных и разруша́ющих стихи́йных бе́дствий явля́ется тропи́ческий цикло́н. Урага́н, тайфу́н и цикло́н – это ра́зные...

Inspired by the book by Ignaty Dyakov “The Story Sensation” Discussing the chapter of the book about clothes and styles with my students...

MOSCOW It turned out that there are 26 places named Moscow in the United States, and some of them are just very small towns. What is more...

May 1st was a symbol of class struggle in Russia for about 100 years (1890-1990). Workers held annual protests on this day from 1890 to...

I am constantly receiving lots of questions about the proper usage of the prepositions ‘in/at/on’ with geographical names. Here is my...

When you become a student of Russian, you might be curious what to do with your non-Russian name. Here are some suggestions on how to...

The word нос is just one of the words denoting a part of your face – a nose. However, it is used in a surprisingly big number of...

БАБЬЕ ЛЕТО is a period of warm, sunny, and dry weather before the cold and rainy days of the fall. In the middle part of Russia, ба́бье...

Almost every Russian who watches TV once in a while is familiar with the word безлими́тище. It is frequently used in advertisements of...

In the northern part of Russia, the period from late May to mid-July is known as White Nights. During this time, residents of the cities,...

похож – похожа – похоже – похожи = a short-form adjective from похожий = to look alike; resemble похож на (что? кого́? - Accusative)...