The word ИМЕЙЛ is officially in the Russian dictionaries. 😃 Even though we can use the Russian analog ЭЛЕКТРО́ННАЯ ПО́ЧТА or ЭЛЕКТРОННОЕ...

The instrumental case is commonly used with the preposition “C” (with). Take a look at some good examples in the poster. VOCABULARY...

Time expressions in Russian are very useful. Hardly any communication either orally or in writing could go without them. This graphic...

Everyone who is somehow related to the Russian language or/and culture heard of so-called “the mysterious Russian soul” (зага́дочная...

Palm Sunday is always celebrated a week before Easter. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the Sunday before Easter is known as Pussy Willow...

Easter, also known as Paskha (Па́сха), is one of the most important Russian holidays. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Easter...

Growing up in Russia of the 60s-70s in the atheistic society, I didn’t know much about Easter as a religious holiday. Even though in...

The inspiration for writing about this word came from one of my student’s questions: "What will it be in Russian if I need to say ‘save a...

You might have seen this distinctive hat among numerous Russian souvenirs, but do you know what it is called? It is the budyonovka...

I agree with the poster that there is no such toast as "На здоровье". Why are НА ЗДОРОВЬЕ and ЗА ЗДОРОВЬЕ so misused, and what is...

The word CLASS looks like a true cognate of КЛАСС, but, unfortunately, these words can act like false cognates in many usages. Even some...

ВЫХОДНЫ́Е ДО́МА НА ДИВА́НЕ. Как вы прово́дите выходны́е? Сиди́те до́ма? Отдыха́ете? Смо́трите телеви́зор? Отдыха́ете на дива́не? С...