One thing I really like about Russia? The meals. Take me to any grocery store and I’m instantly happy. (Well, unless we’re standing in The Aisle of Despairing Fruit & Neglected Vegetables… then I’ll start crying.) Since moving here, my … Read More
Looking for something new to read? Here are some ideas for your reading list (or perhaps some books to avoid, haha)… Interesting Finds at the Bookstore Not sure I want to read this book but I’ll definitely save the … Read More
Mail day! 🙂 My friend from Yakutsk visited St. Petersburg and sent a big envelope full of souvenirs! I treasure everything she included and want to share the photos with you… She also included, as usual, a beautiful card written … Read More
Looking for some Russian music you haven’t heard yet? Here are six cool songs from a CD called Лучшие хиты из культовых сериалов и кинофильмов, Часть 1 (The best hits from iconic TV shows and movies, Part 1)… Since I haven’t … Read More
I recently dug up a bunch of papers from summer school in Nizhny Novgorod. One page was a double-sided list titled 20 занимательных фактов о русском языке (20 interesting facts about the Russian language) that our teacher handed out during class … Read More
This list is less about language and more about culture, but here are 12 odds and ends that I’ve noticed over the past few years… 1. The Little Prince The book’s popularity in Russia is no surprise- after all, … Read More
Do you dream of speaking Russian at work someday? Here are 10 ideas to start your job search! 1. AATSEEL American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Sample job: Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, University of Pittsburgh … Read More
Can you read the Russian alphabet? Do you enjoy solving puzzles? (Or do I mean пазлы?) If the answer is yes, then you’ll enjoy this post! 😉 You know I’m fascinated by English loanwords in Russian, so I found this recent … Read More
Continuing our discussion on working as a Russian-to-English translator… You already know that learning Russian is fun, but it’s even better (I think!) when you’re getting paid, acquiring lots of new vocab, and facing actual deadlines to read texts in … Read More
There are lots of things I do in pursuit of better Russian: manage a farm, read the dictionary, watch presidents on YouTube, and memorize the lyrics to famous songs. They’re all fun to do but lately I’ve been doing a lot … Read More