Page 12 – Helping those who study Russian.

How Not To Die Of Boredom

The first steps into a new language are the hardest ones. You know so little, you have to look up […]

The question of why some words look suspiciously similar in Russian and English first arose when I started learning English

Pelmeni (plural, пельмени in Russian) are dumplings consisting of a filling wrapped in thin, unleavened dough. The typical filling for

Any language has many words that have literal definitions but are rarely used in their direct meanings. For example, nobody

“There is a large Russian community in my city, and I have made friends with some Russians. We meet on

I’m a great supporter of online education. The Internet opens literally unlimited opportunities, for example, everyone can learn any language

My dear readers, let me share with you a story of persistence, struggle, and success. A true story from my

Early in the morning today I called my parents in Siberia (we have 12 hours time difference, so it’s not

Russian has many ways of expressing your affection for someone. One of the most common is adding a diminutive suffix

he first thing I learned about the German language was that all nouns in German are written with a capital

The Russian language, like many other languages, has many words that derived from the names of geographical places. The French

If there is a grain of truth in the folkloric tales, then we should believe that dragons lived everywhere on