Russian Life Store

Our 2009 Wall Calendar presents 12 beautiful color photos of the ancient towns that surround the Russian capital. 

Recent changes to Russia's internal borders prompted us to do the first complete reworking of this map since its original publication in 1996. It makes it quite possibly the only accurate map of Russia today!

Through a special arrangement with the publisher, we are happy to offer to our customers this new book byRussian Life columnist Laura Williams (Notes from a Russian Village).

 

“Oh, how Russian Literature loves winter... it is a time when wishes come true, when families gather together, when everything in the home is transformed because, in one room, there is an evergreen, full of  shimmering decorations, filling the home with its glorious aroma. ” (From the Editor’s Introduction) [Mails mid-December]

 

Every language has concepts, ideas, words and idioms that are nearly impossible to translate into another language. This new book looks at nearly 100 such Russian words and offers paths to their understanding and translation by way of examples from literature and everyday life.

{This is a new volume and orders for it will begin shipping in late November.}

These 4x6 inch postcards feature eight different pictures from our 2007 and 2008 wall calendars and our our house archive (see the "more info" page for thumbnails of all the cards). The reverse side of each card has plenty of space to write a message. Great for jotting of a note to a friend, using as a gift card on a package, or posting on the refrigerator. The cost of shipping is included in the price, so add a set to your order with impunity!

The enlarged Second Edition of Survival Russian is an intensely practical guide to conversational, colloquial and culture-rich Russian. It uses humor, current events and thematically-driven essays to deepen readers' understanding of Russian language and culture...

 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn * Russian Art Boom * Tsar David Oistrakh * John Quincy Adams: The First U.S.  Ambassador to Russia * Abrau Dorsu Champagne * Language of Knees * Sorrel Soup * Summer Music Festivals

 Inside the Vaganova Ballet School * Returning Bears to the Wild * Russia as Viewed through American Film * St. Petersburg's "Roofers" * Novelist Dmitry Glukhovsky * Cell Phone Lingo * A Soviet Life Memoir * Russian Ethnic Populations in the Near Abroad * Tasty Beet and Carrot Salad