The Russian Language Day at the United Nations is observed on June 6, the birthday of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. Pushkin was a Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; he has often been considered his country’s greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin lived for just 37 years at the very beginning of
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The Russian name of the garden pansy or Viola tricolor is Анютины глазки – Little Anna’s Little Eyes. In Russian Anyuta is a diminutive, ‘cute’ form of name Anna. There is a legend about a beautiful and kind girl called Anyuta: One day a young man came to the village and Anuyta fell in love
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This year, we harvested Russian red garlic. Known as elephant garlic, levant garlic, Russian red garlic is type of leek brought to North America by Russian immigrants in the beginning of XX century. Russian garlic is one of the common names for Allium ampeloprasum. Russian garlic is a larger version of regular garlic. Cloves of
During the last Cowichan Valley Visions Art Tour, we discovered one rare mineral that can be found only in Russia. Silversmith Michele Heath introduced us to the unique stone charoite. The name ‘charoite’ derives from the Chara River, Russia, near which it was discovered. This rare stone has complex wiry pattern and uneven colour with
I always recommend that my Russian language students start using Russian as much as possible in their everyday life: Look at these cute Quattro Stagioni by Bormioli Rocco jar lids! Chalkboard lids make a perfect sandbox tool for expressing your affection in Russian. Russian nicknames and affectionate names for a sweetheart Russian is a very
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Russian nicknames often resemble their full-name counterparts but sometimes nicknames are significantly modified. For example, the nickname for Maria nickname is Masha, the nickname for Vladimir is Vova, the nickname for Alexey is Lyosha, the nickname for Alexander is Sasha. The full form of Russian first names is used in official situations while nicknames are
