01/10/2019
Resources for Students of Russian
This extensive list of web resources to assist students learning the Russian language was developed by SRAS and is now hosted on Folkways, part of the SRAS Family of Sites! Table of Contents: 1. Basic Dictionaries 2. Specialty Dictionaries and Resources 3. Online Russian Lessons A. Must Sees B. For....
12/03/2017
A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest
Do you want to speak more languages? Sure, as Sally Struthers used to say so often, we all do.
11/22/2017
Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Russia’s First Man of Opera, Dies at 55
Dmitry Hvorostovsky, one of the world’s premier operatic baritones, passed away on Tuesday in London after battling brain cancer.
11/06/2017
News From Russia: What you Missed Over the Weekend
Revolution. Bomb hoaxes. Nationalist march
08/15/2017
Viktor Tsoi And The Russia That Never Was
Viktor Tsoi is a reminder of a more hopeful time -- one that probably seems even more hopeful in retrospect. A time of introspection and anxiety, but also a time of promise. A time when anything and everything seemed possible.
06/30/2017
I thought nothing in Russia could shock me. Then I went to a television broadcast | Angus Roxburgh
I was interrogated for seven hours and saw random people arrested. But the orchestrated hate and xenophobia I witnessed at Channel One was truly chilling
04/26/2017
Russian Babushka Unleashes Epic Rant About Putin's 'Country of Morons'
A pensioner in Irkutsk gives her unsalted opinion on what's troubling Russia.
04/26/2017
The Economist explains: The differences between the Catholic and Orthodox churches | The Economist
TO A non-Christian, or even to a Christian who prefers to keep doctrine and worship as simple as possible, the Catholic and Orthodox churches can look pretty similar.
04/22/2017
100 years after the rise of Lenin, Russians want him six feet under
Polls show the majority of Russians want Lenin buried but will Putin listen?
04/21/2017
Why do Russians obsess over tvorog?
Tvorog balls, creamy zapekanka and granny's exceptional pie – three recipes with the Russian version of cottage cheese that you’ve probably never heard of, but which you are bound to fall in love with.