I know a lot of American citizens read this blog, and November 23 is the traditional festival of Thanksgiving. When I was at school, in English lessons we read stories of this festival. The story was ...
Birmingham – A Christmas Street, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. Christmas season has started in Russia, too, although we celebrate New Year first, and Christmas follows in January. ...
Many a contemporary megalopolis suffers from the abundance of cars and people. Moscow is no exception, and its endless traffic jams have long become notorious. But let me now introduce you to another ...
Sadly the news come in a bit late, so I will not be able to attend this public lecture – but the French author Pascal Quignard is visiting Moscow and will give a talk today at the Russian State ...
The famous Russian poet and translator Samuil Marshak was born on November 3, 1887. This year marks his 125th anniversary. He is particularly known to the Western audience and scholars as a translator...
I’m presently sitting in the audience at the House of Actor in Moscow watching a play after Chekhov stories. My overall impression is very positive, although there were a few times during the pl...
To visit Kaluga takes 3 hours by train from Moscow. It’s quicker on an express train which is predictably more expensive and sought-after. I went to Kaluga during the Days of Europe event, previ...
Of many sites we passed during the press-tour in Ivanovo Region was the Church of Transfiguration (before the Great Patriotic War – of St. Nicholas). There one of our group got hold of a little ...
I’m slowly losing the count of events I attended and places I visited in the last 3 months. Today, however, I went to the Antique Salon in Moscow at the Central House of the Artist, and I am sur...
After many press events that I attended in the past there was not a single press-tour. That changed in October this year when I went to survey several towns and villages in Ivanovo Region. I visited t...