Tattoo a word in a foreign language

Over the past two years several foreigners, who found my blog and knew that I was teaching Russian, wrote to me on social networks asking if I could give them advice on what this or that word meant in Russian, because they really wanted to get tattooed with that word....

Traditional food for Russians in the New Year

Herring under the fur coat (aka Селёдка под шубой) This salad is considered by most of the foreigners like WEIRD but CURIOUS. Do you want to try it? Its delicious. Olivier salad (aka Оливье) Nice combination of ingredients. This salad become popular everywhere! ...

Why do people learn Russian?

Yesterday I was speaking with one of my students. He has a son in Russia and as soon as pandemic finished he bought a tickets and going to travel in October. It seems like it’s clear why him (for example) learn Russian. He is going there, because of his kid. But I’ll...