People from different countries have different habits and culture. An American living in St. Petersburg shares his observations. “If you ever are at a Russian gathering and someone gives a toast, it is important, and good manners, to cheer everyone at the table. In America, you can get away with (можно ограничиться) eye contact and…
A Perfect Breakfast Place in Moscow This bright, colorful place with its stylish interior serves a really amazing breakfast. It’s perfect for early birds, since they start with their breakfast already at 8 am. Among the best dishes at Remy Kitchen Bakery are zucchini pancakes with stracciatella (блинчики из цуккини с сыром страчателла), the brioche…
Directed by Klim Shipenko, the Peasant (“Холоп”) has outrun (обогнал) the previous box-office hit this winter — a 2017 sports drama “Three seconds” (Движение вверх) — and become the top-grossing (самый кассовый, бестселлер) Russian film. It is about a spoiled rich boy who is sent back in time to be a lowly peasant in a pre-revolutionary Russian…
State Hermitage Museum There is no need to fly to St. Petersburg to visit he Hermitage. Their collections are digitized and available online – for free! One of the biggest and most famous museums in the world is impossible to tackle (охватить) in one visit, even if you spend the whole day there. So, instead…
Russians are real The news agency Russia Beyond has polled our readers about how they view Russia and its inhabitants. Here are some of the answers. “You don’t do fake happiness. Smiles are reserved for when they are needed instead of all the time. Russians strike me as quiet, reserved people who just don’t give a damn…
1. Here’s a basic rule for social media posts: be careful what you share with others. Don’t post sensitive (щекотливый, личный) personal information on social media, especially if your co-workers can see what you post. 2. Try to follow this cell phone rule: Avoid public cell phone conversations. Don’t talk on cell phones in a…
1. How to talk on speakerphone. Don’t use a speakerphone (громкоговоритель) when other people are around — unless you’re in your office and holding a meeting that is being attended by someone remotely (удаленно). Alert the person you’re speaking with that others are present. FYI: Using speakerphone at full volume to go through your voice…
Choosing a pen over a keyboard does wonders for your memory While typing is obviously the more convenient and faster method of the two, writing still has its charm, and is now considered by some as the superior method. According to the research carried out (проведённое) by University of California and Princeton University, the students…
When it rains, it pours — and when it snows in Florida, it hails frozen iguanas As a cyclone continued lashing (продолжал ударять по) the U.S. East Coast with historic cold temperatures in January, weird weather abounded (быть в изобилии). In south Florida, temperatures dipped below 4 degrees Celsius on Jan. 3, giving Tallahassee its…
Winter International Festival of Arts in Moscow 2020 The international premiere of Alexander Tchaikovsky’s opera Boris and Gleb, the show Van Gogh: Letters to a Brother starring Yevgeny Mironov, operas Carmen and Eugene Onegin in the original version by Yuri Bashmet, and other theatrical and musical productions make up the programme of the Winter International…