Still on lockdown, haven’t seen any friends in person since the first week of March, but I’ve recently made friends with a lot of tasty Russian treats… 😂 Чаговый чай (Chaga tea) Last year I bought a box of чаговый чай … Read More
Russian books: an update. 🙂 The Siberian Incident This Greig Beck book was actually the most entertaining Russian read of last few months. 😂 Would it qualify for J.T.’s Russian travelogue bingo? Probably. The plot involves the Russian mafia, Lake … Read More
Movie time! 🙂 The original movie: Inspired these… The original movie: Inspired this title… Have you encountered any books / restaurants / monuments inspired by a famous Soviet film? Leave me a comment!
What are you listening to these days? I’ve been listening to a lot of radio, which Yandex drivers usually have tuned to the Top-40 stations, and I’m now ready to make an extremely official music report for you. 😉 Here’s … Read More
Anyone else out there who goes overboard when it comes to buying foreign language books? I used to bring home new Russian books all the time… until it became clear how long it actually takes to go through a single … Read More
Here’s what I’m planning to read on Kindle this year: Update: ✔️ = finished! Books I started in 2019: The Anna Karenina Fix As they say on the internet: В любой непонятной ситуации читай русскую классику, там всё у всех … Read More
My Russian-blog reading appetite has cooled off a bit since 6 cool blogs in Russian. Maybe you have a good suggestion for me? What Russian-language blogs are you reading these days? Here are several blogs that I’ve been keeping an … Read More
If you’ve been to Moscow or Washington DC, this could be the easiest test you’ve ever taken… let’s see! Here are 12 photos. Were they taken in Moscow or Washington DC? There are only two photos here from Washington DC… … Read More
The real trick to learning Russian?… it’s probably memorizing Pushkin. 🤣 Pretty much all Russian speakers know a few lines. Even dating TV shows ask contestants to recite Pushkin’s poems! Just as important as remembering his famous words, though, is … Read More
Several months ago I saw an interesting Instagram post written by a Russian teacher. Her main point was this: following Russian teachers on Instagram is not a good way to improve your Russian. Instead, you should follow people living out … Read More