For Newcomer in Russia: Learn Their Common Habits of Eating

Have you been gaining weight? Have you been suffering from obesity? Do you want to know how to deal with it in the least painful way? While obesity rate depends on a lot of factors, it probably has something to do with lifestyle and culture, including what one eats and how one eats it. The […]

Interesting History of Russian Fashion throughout Time

Fashion bears meaning for a popular trend, specifically in styles of dress and jewelry or manners of behavior. However, there is so much more to fashion than meets the eye. The items of clothing we decided to wear are often times our best and tangible forms of personal expression. What we decide to wear shows […]

How to Play the Most Popular Card Game in Russia: Durak

A lot of people like to play card games. In most cases, the anticipation is the main reason that attracts people towards card games. It helps in exercising of the brain cells that improve their thinking process and make them a lot more patient and skilled. Some people play it for time pass activity while […]

Russian Whole Fruit Jam, Yummy Varenye

Why do people like fruit jam so much? Does it taste good? Does it make their body healthier? Fruit jam is loaded with sugar, corn syrup, and HFCS (High-Fructose Corn Syrup), and other stuff we cannot even pronounce right. All fruit jams are not made the same. Not all fruit jams have the same exact amount of sugar, […]

7 Steps on How to Use Famous Russian Teapot, Samovar

Teapots are available in a myriad of materials starting from nearly infrangible cast iron to frail and fragile glass or porcelain. However, ceramic pots are the most common for daily use. It is because they are typically cheap, relatively durable, and can retain heat well. They are also relatively easy to use, though you need […]

5 Most Favorite Russian Fables Books

A fable book is a book that teaches a moral value through the usage of animals as the characters. It could be fables books toy with the idea of human’s pride. Fables books are exceptionally popular in children’s literature as it teaches them lessons while keeping them interested in the animal portrayals. Animal fiction can […]

4 Most Difficult Novels Written by Russian Author

Any of you must have had the joy of discovering some of the most intellectually challenging epistolary works. At some point, those who love to read as well as take a pleasure challenging themselves must have had turned to difficult novels when it was the night a week from finals and they were supposedly assigned to read […]

6 Hardest Russian Books You Will Ever Read

We all have at least one book which to us humble brags having read. We all have that one hardest book we slogged through one day. There are two basic types of difficulties. Some books are hard to read because of the matter of the subject they promote such as a matter of sexual assault […]

Recommended Books about the Soviet Union for Children

You do not have to be an avid reader to have a thing for history. Fortunately, if your children are drawn to stories about Anne Frank, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Jefferson, and other profound figures of the past, there are plenty of incredible history books for children, especially those that explore milestone events in comprehensive but […]

Here Are Playful Books of Early Soviet Children

Books play an important role in the growth and founding of children. The books they are immersed in and the characters they follow through can become like friends to them. It is also good for them to understand that books are a reliable source of information and that good reading skills are beneficial for success […]